“I think that adding life to these issues is important, and think they demonstrate the complexity that goes into an issue that may be hard to follow reading a long article or looking at a large data set.”
GIANT DATA SETS AND WONKY LEGISLATION filled with policy jargon can be hard to follow for the average reader. As a senior graphic reporter for Vox, Alvin Chang has used simple cartoons to explain political and cultural topics such as who gets hurt by ending DACA, the Graham-Cassidy bill, how colleges subtly discriminate against poor students. He explained corporate tax reform in a cartoon about sandwiches and the GOP tax bill with a bowl of cereal.
Author Alvin Chang
News Site Columbia Journalism Review
Date Published November 14, 2017
Article Link Q&A: Vox data guru on how cartoons can help simplify complex issues
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