SND: 3.0 Design Yourself

Another post from SND, this one scares me.

Dale Peskin, a media visionist, said something today at SND that made me, well, quite frankly, scared. He said, and I quote,

"The image may have surpassed the written word."

To hear this makes me cringe. I understand what he's trying to say. I do. Journalism is indeed changing and becoming even more visual. But the written word hasn't gone away. If anything, every word counts with shorter copy and less attention from readers -- unfortunately, we don't think this way when writing. We write and edit in the same old same old fashion. Just as visual journalism is going through this "conceptual age" so should reporting and writing for online and print.

Other less-scary point from Peskin:

We should be thinking about "experience" when designing and presenting news. What is the experience someone is having reading the paper or news site. Laughing? Nostalgia? Sadness? Empathy?

Lastly, he showed this hilarious site about ugly Myspace pages. Thought I'd share.

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