Visualization.


	Visualization.

	Even seemingly boring topics should be presented in a visually gripping way to charge the article with the necessary momentum.

		Alcohol - a means to get away from problems? "10% of the Dutch population between 16 and 69 take to the bottle to release themselves from their problems. Are you among them?", is what the nationwide newspaper "AD" from the Netherlands writes on this alarming, but well-known topic. The picture of a portrait seen double is a clever means of visualizing the effect of alcoholism on the brain.

		The Shadow. "The demands of the USA are casting a bad shadow on the USB ", is what "Handelszeitung" from Switzerland writes. The picture is a vivid visualization of this process as 'USB' appears as a shadowed lettering of 'USA'.

		Silence Is Golden. The lady on the coin is silenced forcefully. This indicates how the Swiss administration is going to react to the fnancial crisis: by keeping quiet.

		The Last Investment. How to keep the financial investments into life's last necessities - the burial - within reasonable limits is the topic of this article in the weekly "Euro am Sonntag". The gloomy atmosphere of the topic has been perfectly staged by the black background and the visual at the top of the page, which catches the glance of the deceased of the upper world - the clouds - in a coffin-shaped frame.

		Logo Attacks. "Wolfsburg is biting back", reads the headline in "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" on the occasion of the battle about the majority shareholding with Volkswagen.

		Fetters on the Internet. The debates about restrictions on the Internet are visualized in "Salzburger Nachrichten" by the use of barbed wire which connects the mouse with the computer.

		Blank. "OÖ-Nachrichten" visualize the discussion about the prohibition of the display of the Holy Cross by a blank space on a wall.

		Juggler. The Federal Eagle is juggling the columns of the weekly "Die Zeit". Their topic: the financial crisis.

		Programme Analysis. "What Brandenburg's parties are heading for: the most important terms in their programmes at one sight." "Märkische Allgemeine" (Germany) has presented the parties' policies in keyword clouds and reveals that the FDP (at the bottom right) has no key issue whereas other parties, at least, focus on terms like 'Brandenburg', 'people', 'should', and 'must'.

	Pictures First Humans, by nature, rely on their eyes as a primary means of perception. When scanning a newspaper page the attention is always first drawn by a picture, the headline comes second. When these two elements are cleverly combined, the appropriate article is likely to be read then.	Tip This is how you can assemble your tag cloud: The website www.wordle.net of fers the tools to create tagclouds free of charge.