Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics
By Edward Tufte, July 2007
Megan Jaegerman produced some of the best news graphics ever while working at The New York Times from 1990 to 1998. Her work is smart, finely detailed, elegant, witty, inventive, informative. A fierce researcher and reporter, she writes gracefully and precisely. Megan has the soul of a news reporter, who happens to use graphs, tables, and illustrations--as well as words--to explain the news.
Her best work is the best work in news graphics.
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1 comment:
Jaegerman's graphic is impressive indeed, but it suffers from a single but serious fact error: revolvers are not grip-heavy, but barrel-heavy.
Revolvers don't have "weighted grips," and in fact tend to rest barrel-down, as the solid metal cylinder (filled with lead-and-brass ammunition) and thick metal barrel are by far heavier than the rubber, plastic or wooden grips.
That portion of the graphic might have been correct had it show a semi-automatic pistol. Those pistols store as many as 17 rounds in the grip, which may make them grip-heavy.
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