Research & Writing for Graphics Reporting
Jennifer George-Palilonis · 2013
Kathleen A. Hansen and Nora Paul (2004) cite four contributors for information commonly used by communicators: informal sources, institutional sources, scholarly sources and journalistic sources.1 All four can be extremely valuable to a graphics reporter, and understanding how each can contribute to the development of a graphic is important. Additionally, a skilled graphics reporter should be ready to consult books, legal documents, annual reports, Web sites, newspapers, magazines, experts in the field and even tel- evision when gathering information for a graphic. With all of these potential sources in your arsenal, most graphics should come together pretty efficiently.