This document discusses infographics and visualization in journalism. It covers three main topics: 1) The role of art and design in infographics, emphasizing that infographics are a form of functional art that must precisely represent data; 2) How infographics can be used for journalism to explain complex topics; and 3) The importance of specialization within infographic teams, with different roles focused on design, programming, or reporting.

1. ANER 2011
VISUAL JOURNALISM
The infographics ethos of Época magazine
Alberto cairo - www.elartefuncional.com - Twitter: @albertocairo
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2. 1. The role of “art” and design in infographics
2. Infographics as Journalism
3. The importance of specialization
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3. 1. The role of “art” and design in infographics
2. Infographics as Journalism
3. The importance of specialization
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4. What are the differences between them?
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5. Art can be subjective, it can help artists to express their feelings.
It can be beautiful just for the sake of being beautiful.
Scientific illustration (one of the disciplines infographics are based
on) must be precise, technical, objective, reliable. There must be a
correspondence between reality and its representation.
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6. Infographics = functional art
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7. This means that even when we create a spectacular infographic,
the illustrations should be as precise and proportional as possible
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8. And it means also that we don’t create graphics to be seen,
but graphics to be read
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9. And it means also that we don’t create graphics to be seen,
but graphics to be read
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10. 1. The role of “art” and design in infographics
2. Infographics as Journalism
3. The importance of specialization
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15. an introduction
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19. an introduction
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20. 1. The role of “art” and design in infographics
2. Infographics as Journalism
3. The importance of specialization
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21. Alberto (Apuração, planejamento, estatística, etc.)
(Estagiário/a - Jornalista) (Apuração, planejamento)
Vergotti (Design, Arte)
Gerson (3D, Ilustração)
Salomão (Design, iPad)
Rodrigo (Apuração, Ilustração 2D)
David (Design online, vídeo, multimídia)
an introduction
Pedro (Vídeo, animação, 3D)
Gerardo (Web design, programação, iPad, bases de dados)
Erik (Programação, bases de dados)
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22. http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI238256-17445,00.html
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23. alberto.cairo@gmail.com
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