Learnings and interviews on the making of visual investigations.

Insights

In this paper, Bret Victor suggests that the long-standing focus on “interaction” may be misguided. For a majority subset of software, called “information software,” I argue that interactivity is actually a curse for users and a crutch for designers, and users’ goals can be better satisfied through other means.

Worry Dream

Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface

While some individual news media have clearly been very successful at building online reach or convincing people to subscribe, and developed new offers across podcast, video, and newsletters, this year’s data show many publishers are still struggling to come to terms with structural changes that have been ravaging the industry for more than a decade.

Digital News Report 2022

The pain of having to know a set of skills that are far removed from the work of journalism, which always has a deadline. These are common hardships with building interactive stories, publishing and optimising so that it can be read by thousands on low-powered phones. Journalists can’t worry about these things. Idyll is about solving all of those problems.

Insights

Magic Ink: Information Software and the ...

Digital News Report 2022

Victor Targulon - Immersive Journalism