A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

Recently I stumbled up the work of Edwin Tufte.

After reading it, I understood why most public policy communication can be better communicated by good visualisation rather than data dumps and words.

Even if an image / picture tells a thousand words, writing 2 pages of A4 is still the common path. I’m not sure it is the most informative or persuasive.

I’m going to list good examples of visuals that tell the story clearly.

Here are some.

 

 

 

Source: FT – Link

 

 

Decline in Crime Around the Country - Graphic - NYTimes.com

Source: NYT – Link

 

 

Source: Economist – Link

 

 

 

Source: The Economist

 

Source: Eric Topol @EricTopol

 

 

Source: John Burn-Murdoch. FT.

 

If you come across some, please send me the image, source and reference link.