What the hell actually happened in Ferguson that led to the death of Michael Brown for shoplifting? We take a shot at illustrating what is known from the testimony of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney. Adobe Illustrator. One artist. One writer. One programmer. Coupla days.
The graphic may not be good but it was fast. Taking the details from the National Transportation Safety Council presser and laying them out so that people have some visualization of what the hell he was talking about. About three hours start to finish. One writer and one artist. Love those big arrows eh.
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So in advance of the CDC updating their protocols I took a trip to Home Depot and bought all the likely materials. Then I press-ganged poor Bonnie Berkowitz into playing dress up. By the end of putting this stuff on she had entirely lost her sense of humor, and had she in fact been a caregiver, would have happily smothered her first patient. About twelve hours of drawing. About an hour to shoot.
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Another damned panda graphic
All the animals born at the zoo that nobody cares about because they are not a Panda. I’d defend this as a bad idea well executed, but really I just want to move on and forget about it. I will not be pigeonholed as the damned Panda guy.
Interactive version: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/baby-animals-at-the-national-zoo
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Good old Google Earth extrude tool allowed us to get a close up look at the Sinjar mountain range. We coupled that with an IDP report from OCHA from around Sinjar from two days ago, details from the White House press report on a humanitarian aid drop. Instant graphic that makes us look like we know what we are talking about and helps the reader understand how crappy it is to be a minority ethnic religion in Iraq right now.
One artist and one cartographer. Four hours or so.
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Life in Gaza sucks even when not getting blown the hell up. Full-page newspaper graphic for the Washington Post looking at demographics of Gaza during and before current conflict. One artist, one writer, one researcher over two days. Mixture of data from both sides in the conflict.
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Drawing the World Together blog
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A graphic attempt to merge humanity with the statistics and remind the reader that these are lives on both sides not just numbers. But focused mainly on the dead Palestinian children. Now in interactive format updated daily. One artist and one programmer over two days. Tweet @newsillustrator
It is one of those vertical scrolly graphics. I couldn't fit it all on here. Be sure to warm up properly before you begin. It is a long way to 33,000 feet. Two writers and a graphic guy over six hours.
A brilliant piece of teamwork drawing on all skills, or a bunch of different individual's creations tacked together on deadline? You decide.
Seven hours worth of work for four or five of us. At least three of those hours used up standing around hoping for truth to become apparent. A cartographer, a writer, and a couple or three of graphics folks, and someone to tell us what we are doing wrong.
I'd like to say this one was quick but it would be a lie. This one took all week to sort through all of the fantastic data collected by Mother Jones and then update it with the last two years data. The key point that struck us, that we attempted to highlight in the top graphic, was the somewhat surprising percentage of legally purchased firearms used. Then we dug a little deeper and looked at the killers with known mental issues. The victims. Then a look at race and age of the killers. Two artists drawing all the weapons and a data nerd and a programmer for the web version. Three days. In Monday's Washington Post, probably, maybe.
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This was supposed to be a daily breaking news graphic that somehow got tripped up by the data source again and again. Three weeks later it finally got sorted out. One writer, one data nerd and one artist (to draw all the little people n stuff).
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One day turnaround infographic on the Australian's now resorting to using sonobuoys to hunt for the black box signal from Flight 370. One artist, six hours.
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Single day turnaround breaking news graphic. Two artists, a researcher/writer and a cartographer. Eight hours work.
A quick look at the vertical scale of the challenge of getting to MH370 even if they manage to find her in the Indian Ocean. One artist, one programmer. One day.
Full size here. http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/the-depth-of-the-problem/931/?asldfkjasldf
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Quick infographic developed to try and put the disaster in perspective. As of writing this 176 people are unaccounted for. For some reason this story is not getting the press it deserves. Two guys in five hours.
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Built over two days by five people. Illustrations by Alberto Cuadra and Rich Johnson. Maps by Laris Karklis. Written by Bonnie Berkowitz. Coded by Darla Cameron.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/what-happened-to-flight-MH370/
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Quick mashup and catchup on all available data from flight MH370 news.
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