charticle

charticle
 n.β€” Β«Well, here’s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.…Charticlesβ€”as defined by Omaha World-Herald Deputy Presentation Editor Josh Crutchmerβ€”are combinations of text, images and graphics that take the place of a full article. But in many newsrooms, the term refers to a bunch of blurbs floating around with no byline, no transitions andβ€”gasp!β€”no nut graph.Β» β€”β€œCharticle Fever” by Dane Stickney American Journalism Review Oct.-Nov., 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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