Illustrated journalism is sharp, shareable, and interactive, offering a highly engaging and immersive news experience to users. Yet few news organizations have built the editorial strategies necessary to quickly incorporate comics, illustrations and easy-to-parse infographics into their coverage. This panel will offer case studies, frank advice, and an extensive Q & A with leading practitioners in the illustrated journalism space. Key takeaways for attendees will include strategies for integrating illustrated journalism into the news cycle, what stories lend themselves best, how to effectively measure audience engagement, and how to integrate illustration with multimedia elements.
Resources
Jennifer Mizgata
Sep 21, 20124:34 pm
Bonus link for #ona12 #ona12comics session: A timely Q-A with @erinpolgreen on @snd blog: snd.org/2012/08/erin-p…
— Steve Dorsey (@dorsey) September 21, 2012
[Comics journalism] works well for explaining complicated situations. It works well for explaining science. It works really well for explaining MONEY. Those are things that people don’t necessarily want to read about- Susie Cagle
Don’t relegate comics to your culture section. You’ll lose your cross-over audience. Put it in the news section. -Erin Polgreen.
Erin Polgreen gives a shout-out to Dan Carino (http://twitter.com/Dan_Carino) who’s been doing live sketches at ONA12.
For web publications, the “infinite scroll” is huge for illustrated pieces. Can’t get that much space on print. #ona12comics
— Dennis Bonilla (@harbingeralpha) September 21, 2012
Dry and complex data can be made accessible with comics says @susie_c. #ona12comics
— Dennis Bonilla (@harbingeralpha) September 21, 2012
Here’s @susie_c‘s Down In Smoke, which she did for Cartoon Movement: cartoonmovement.com/icomic/44 #ONA12comics #ONA12
— Jen Mizgata (@JMizgata) September 21, 2012
.@susie_c @archcomic @erinpolgreen @wendymac present on why comics make powerful journalism. #Ona12comics #ona12 twitter.com/JMizgata/statu…
— Jen Mizgata (@JMizgata) September 21, 2012
Comics journalism = a great way to foster collaboration among journos. ~Dan Archer, Archcomix bit.ly/SJKSzF #ONA12comics
— ONA12 (@ONAConf) September 21, 2012
Some interesting example of comics and audio interactive from symboliamag.com#ona12 #ona12comics
— Chienyi Cheri Hung (@cyhung) September 21, 2012
Comics are a way to share a complex story efficiently and in a shareable way. #ona12comicstwitpic.com/ax0kqn
— Dennis Bonilla (@harbingeralpha) September 21, 2012
In a situation where no photos or videos are allowed, @susie_c draws. #ONA12comics #ona12
— Julia B. Chan (@onTheBeat) September 21, 2012
Art = access. Journos: sketching prevails where recording devices arent ok. ~Erin Polgreen, Symbolia Mag bit.ly/SJKSzF #ONA12comics
— ONA12 (@ONAConf) September 21, 2012