Perhaps we cannot call it linear storytelling, as the user is not scrolling, but, in this case, swiping to advance the story on the screen. Yet, it is effective and allows for the reader to get a historical perspective of the US-North Korea relations now that President Trump has accepted an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un for direct talks.

In this example, The Post mixes visual images with text. Sometimes the text is superimposed over the images, sometimes the image dominates, with short texts, but the text of the story flows naturally, and it is easy to advance the story by just swapping on to the next screen.

I personally would have preferred for this story to flow in a linear way, with scrolling rather than swapping, but it is clear that for visual storytelling either strategy works.

Society of News Design New York: Celebrating 40 years

The Society for News Design’s 40th Anniversary Workshop, Creative Conference and Awards Gala will be in New York City, March 22–24.

Workshop chair Tyson Evans, of The New York Times, and an army of volunteers are organizing three packed days of talks, training, networking and inspiration about the future (and past) of storytelling, visual journalism and news products across print and digital.

Speakers announced so far include Scott Stowell, proprietor of Open and winner of the National Design Award for Communication Design; Jennifer Daniel, of Google; John Maeda, of Automattic and visual journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, Axios, Vice, ProPublica and more.

I am honored to be one of the speakers.

If you would like to attend what promises to be one of the best SND gatherings ever, please go here for more information:

https://nyc.snd.org