Tag Archives: Beyond Bootcamp

Understanding Infographics, First Pass 1

As promised in a previous post on learning information graphics (sometimes shortened to “infographics”), I’m posting my raw notes from Day 1 of an information graphics workshop taught last month by Alberto Cairo and Xaquin G.V., two leading practitioners.

Above, Alberto Cairo teaches a data visualization seminar at Medialab-Prado in Madrid in 2007.
Xaquin wrote [...]

Categories: Data + Graphics, General Journalism

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February 11, 2009 – 6:00 am
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By Chrys

Easing Your Way Into Infographics 0

For weeks, I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to put my notes from the “Creating Effective Online Infographics” workshop here on Ricochet.
I started looking at examples from some of my favorite information graphics and visualization blogs, including FlowingData, Cool Infographics and Infographics News.
The more I looked, the more I realized there was [...]

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Published:
February 8, 2009 – 1:27 pm
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By Chrys

Alberto Cairo Has a Monster Reading List 1

Day One of the Beyond Bootcamp information graphics workshop taught by Alberto Cairo and Xaquin G.V. has been much less scary than I’d first thought.
Cairo’s lecture has been a model of organized thought and progressive structure, which should come as no surprise to anyone, given the nature of his work.
What’s also obvious is that the [...]

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Published:
January 9, 2009 – 12:44 pm
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By Chrys

Can’t Be At Beyond Bootcamp? Fall In Online 1

Do you remember what it was like to be in school? About 40 journalists are reliving the college experience at the University of Miami Beyond Bootcamp multimedia workshop, directed by visual journalism guru Rich Beckman.
Over the last few months, I’ve met a number of his former students who tell stories of being cajoled and terrified [...]

Categories: Data + Graphics, General Journalism, Photojournalism, video

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Published:
January 8, 2009 – 8:00 am
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By Chrys

Practice What You Preach (in Miami) 1

Have you heard? Though most Americans still turn to TV to get national and international news, for the first time, the Web has overtaken newspapers as a news source.
In fact, according to a late December blog post by Nielsen Online, about two-thirds of all adults who were on the Web looked for news online in [...]

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Published:
January 3, 2009 – 3:01 am
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By Chrys