Henriette Engbersen

Breaking News – Breaking Workflow

How to turn visual designers into visual journalists.

Communication

The digital revolution has changed the world of news and how news is reported. Data visualisations, animations, interactive stories, and infographics have come to play a new, pivotal role. The significance of visual designers has increased in newsrooms; collaboration between journalists and designers has thus become more relevant. How can the communication between language-based and image-based collaborators be strengthened? How can we prevent conflicts at the interface?

In my work I discuss the question of new workflows, based on field research in Switzerland and abroad. I realised that new skills and job profiles are required, i.e. visualising journalists and writing designers. As a journalist, I construct one part of the bridge and show how visual designers can become visual journalists.

Mentoring:
Prof. Dr. Sarah Owens, Thomas Wolfram

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