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Illustrated Journalism
How did you get started in illustration? I’ve always drawn, but when I went to art school to study fine art and advertising, I (like a lot of art students) quit drawing and started making really bad conceptual art. After I graduated, I worked as a copywriter and campaign strategist, created educational campaigns for elections…
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Journalism and Journalists
Journalism’ primarily refers to information gathering, writing, editing, disseminating or otherwise (primarily intellectually), contributing to journals, i.e. daily newspapers, other periodicals, radio and television news programs, and the Internet.
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The earliest known journalistic product was a news sheet circulated in ancient Rome
The earliest known journalistic product was a news sheet circulated in ancient Rome: the Acta Diurna, said to date from before 59 bce. The Acta Diurna recorded important daily events such as public speeches. It was published daily and hung in prominent places. In China during the Tang dynasty, a court circular called a bao,…