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Tag: website design

Interactive maps & timelines: worth a thousand words

This is it. You’re reading the final post for my Online Journalism course. I may continue to update this blog every so […]

October 27, 2012July 27, 2017

Mapping opinions and votes

It’s that time of year again. Leaves of various colors, sweater weather and … politics! Every major news organization has to have […]

October 18, 2012July 27, 2017

Gazette.net proves ‘less is more’

One local newspaper follows the motto “less is more” on its website. This motto can create strong, attractive website design. Eliminating the clutter The Gazette […]

October 11, 2012July 27, 2017

Personalizing data

Normally numbers don’t do anything for me. Numbers don’t explain clearly — they confuse, and distort and complicate. That’s why I like […]

October 7, 2012July 27, 2017

Blueprints behind media websites

The blueprint of a website — not the code, HTML or CSS — is its design. News organization websites face a problem […]

September 27, 2012July 27, 2017

Burglaries, robberies & theft, oh my!

Crime covered by local news Most impressive multimedia Screen shot of infographic The Los Angeles Times website has an excellent page on its website […]

September 14, 2012July 27, 2017

Local news goes online

In 2012, I started up a blog called The DMV Report, which focused on news from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas. […]

September 7, 2012July 27, 2017
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