November 2010
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A line chart, but not really?
Take a look at these images from Jornal Nacional, the main TV news program in Brazil. Two nights ago, they announced the US$/BRL rate had dropped. They used a line chart. The angle of the line is big. Major drop? No. It was a 0,05% drop (from 1,723 to 1,722).
Then last night, it was up. A much bigger difference, at +0,34%. The line chart? It is there. The angle of the line? The...
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“The advent of color film-making (…) rendered black and white meaningful....”
– HOVLAND, Pamela & ROCK, Michael. The Rise of Color in the Media. in The News Aesthetic. The Cooper Union School of Art. New York, 1995. p. 11
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Midterms
A few notes on front covers that followed the USA midterm elections:
4th of November - Los Angeles Times Pictures of California’s Governor elected Jerry Brown (Democrat) and US President Barack Obama facing oposite directions enhances the concept of the article (“Brown and his party have new power, but their visions differ.”)
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4th of November - Der Tagesspiegel and...