Designing news : changing the world of editorial design and information graphics / Francesco Franchi ; [edited by, Francesco Franchi, Robert Klanten, and Sven Ehmann].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transformations in the world of information. Making sense of a digital world -- Change or die -- Redesign. How constraints influence design decisions -- Redesign as restyling -- Rethink. Understanding transformation, dealing with mobile media -- Producing news: the role of the designer -- Redesign as rethinking.

With Designing News, Franchi conveys his vision for the future of news and the media industry. Based on personal insight and experience, he offers valuable analysis and perspectives on the fundamental changes that are taking place in the way media is being used. Franchi explores consumer behaviors and expectations that represent the biggest challenges facing traditional publishing houses and broadcasting companies as well as journalists and designers. For Franchi, reporting is not merely filing a story once, but rather telling a continuous narrative in a way that is most relevant for a broad range of traditional and digital media--from breaking news to analysis, from interviews to commentaries, and from photo essays and illustrations to information graphics and interactive visualizations of data. In this book, Franchi explains the ramifications of this development and how newspapers can become credible, comprehensive news brands.