Here are some sites with good infographic examples.
Ever wonder about the pedigree of your favorite font? The Periodic Table of TypeFaces will help you figure it out.
Type Characteristics
Font Face
Font Faces – Typefaces
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The Society for News Design (SND) has named their top-five best-designed newspapers in the world. The winners are:
The CRAP Principles of Design
Contrast
Contrast is a noticeable difference between elements.
Temple has purchased a university-wide subscription to lynda.com, the most fabulous multimedia tutorial site in the universe. To access lynda.com:
1. Log in to TUPortal http://tuportal.com
2. On the left-hand side of the first screen you will see a column called “TUAPPLICATIONS.” In the top section you will see links to Blackboard, Diamond Dollars and other Temple services. In the section below that you will find other applications, including lynda.com. Click on lynda.com
3. At the welcome screen, click on “Continue to lynda.com”
Lynda offers a wide range of tutorials on almost every software package imaginable, as well as basic processes like photography and design. The tutorials are divided into short (1-5-minute) videos. Some videos you might find useful:
*Removing a color cast from a photograph in Photoshop
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=36171&playChapter=False
* What is composition in photography?
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=95920&playChapter=False
There are also exercise files that you can use to play along with the videos, and if you complete a certain number of courses you can get a Lynda certificate.
The ease with which it is possible to edit or alter digital images continues to raise ethical questions. Sometimes photo manipulation results in beautiful images that make a strong editorial statement from images that are obviously manipulated. But in journalism it is easy to cross the line with photo manipulation. Sometimes even obviously manipulated images can just end up as PhotoShop Disasters.
The National Press Photographers Association issued a Statement of Principle on Digital Manipulation of Images in 1991 that they still hold true today:
“…we believe it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way that deceives the public.”
Read the NPAA statement in ite entirety here. You can also read the NPAA Code of Ethics here.
The Society for News Design has developed a Code of Ethics for use in considering whether to or how much to alter an image digitally. The Preamble states:
As members of the Society for News Design, we have an obligation to promote the highest ethical standards for visual journalism — for all journalism — as they apply to the values of accuracy, fairness, honesty, inclusiveness, and courage.
Basic Photo Shots
We use these terms to describe the visual framing of video, but they are very useful concepts for journalists interested in producing photo essays. See an excellent primer on various shots here.
JOU 1114 – Design for Journalists – will use WordPress and Temple’s Blackboard system for this course. Below is some information you will need to know before we get started.
Required Texts
The required textbooks should be available in the Temple Bookstore. They are also readily available online at most booksellers. The Web Style Guide is available as a FREE online text.
Technical Reference Books Available from Books 24/7
Access to these text is FREE, but you must be on Temple’s campus or logged in to the Library to view these books.
You Might Consider…
If you already have some digital production skills, you might consider a monthly subscription to Lynda.com. For $25 per month, you get unlimited access to online video tutorials on every software package imaginable. I subscribe to Lynda.com to get up to speed on new software versions of my favorite production software packages, such as Dreamweaver and Flash.
Using Blackboard
The syllabus and other important course documents will be posted on the Blackboard site associated with this class. If you have a question about the class schedule, or the details of an assignment, check the Blackboard site. Grades are also posted in the Blackboard Gradebook.
Using WordPress
I will post all of the lecture notes and some additional information on this blog. Your lab instructors will ask you to post all of your assignments to a WordPress blog for your lab. You must create a WordPress account to post assignments to your lab blogs. To become a contributor to this blog and your lab blog, you must send your lab instructor the e-mail address you used to set up your WordPress account.
Computer Labs
Students should use the Tech Center to complete their assignments that are due outside of class. The hours for the Tech Center are as follows:
• Monday-Thursday – Open 24 hours
• Friday – 12am-7:30pm
• Saturday – 10am-7:30pm
• Sunday – 11am to 12am
Storage Media
Students will need to purchase storage media for their production projects. Student files may not be left on the computers in Annenberg 2 or the Tech Center. The choices for storage media include:
