Storytelling

Storytelling with maps

In Cartography, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Visualization on 18 August 2008 with no comments

Of course maps tell a story. But while cartographers like John Krygier and Cindy Brewer offer us resources for making good maps, how do we tell better stories?
According to This American Life’s Ira Glass, a good story consists of three basic components:
1. Begin almost self-consciously in media res, with an unrelenting anecdote full of “and [...]