Visual Journalism
Life before quarantine
With the world in disarray because of Covid-19, it is quite hard to imagine life going back to how it used to be. I cannot help think, did we take advantage of the simple freedoms […]
COVID-19
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an article ‘Cut tariffs to help economy, scholars say
According to China Daily, review of an article ‘Cut tariffs to help economy, scholars say’. China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/04/WS5e5f2dcaa31012821727c3b4.html Headline Firstly, this online article headline is short and easy to scan, but the word that used […]
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Coronavirus fears prompt shoppers to stock up on essential items, stripping supermarket shelves
This article by ABC News would have attracted high readership within Australia due to its timeliness, proximity, impact, and at the point that it was written (March 2, 2020), bizarreness. Yet, the article overlooks several […]
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Should schools be closing down in Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic?
Mamamia’s online article on the topic of whether schools in Australia should be shut down in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic could be improved in a number of ways. Firstly, the title could better […]
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Woolworths Will Open Their Doors Early: DailyMail Covers Coronavirus
Review of DailyMail story article on Woolworths’ new opening hour for the elderly and disabled and how it could be improved. Headline The headline is the first thing a reader sees when opening an article. […]
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The WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic
As the WHO has just declared Covid19 a pandemic in a speech, the Huffington Post published an article starting with the video speech. While the placement of the video at the top is engaging users […]
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Blog Post: Reporting the expanded travel ban
Hypertextual Being yet another story in the ABC’s ongoing reporting of the coronavirus outbreak, this article sports countless links to their broader COVID-19 coverage. Such links are both in-text and, for the desktop version, in […]