1st Place, Interactive Graphic
2021-22, Division 2-3, News Design & Information Graphics
By Staff
The Northern Light
Portage Northern HS
ND-02. Interactive Graphic
Like good photos or regular graphics, interactive graphics should relate to another story or contain significant material to stand on its own. Readers should be able to enter pertinent data and/or modify content. Such graphics may be created using Google Maps, Adobe design software, Flourish or other applications and custom code.
Judging Criteria
- Helps tell a traditional story using interactive graphics
- Displays evidence of proper research
- Clearly indicates source of information; survey data includes sample size
- Serves as a supplement to allow readers to explore data sets or other primary information in creative ways
- The enhanced graphic may or may not tell the whole story on its own, and readers can still understand it independently
- Judges should consider overall content and reporting, but may give extra weight to graphics that were not made with a template