Connecting readers through visuals with Weiyi Cai (Dawn) from Reuters SG

TALK SYNOPSIS:
How to make our work digestible and relatable? In my opinion, it's one of the challenges we face as graphic journalists - the stories we cover could be taking place thousands of miles away from our readers, and data, our best friend, could be hard to grasp at times. In the past year or so, through the coverage of North Korea missile program, the latest Rohingya crisis and more, our team had the opportunity to explore some possible answers to that question. Through the use of satellite imagery, though merging data with visuals, through illustrations and animations, we have attempted to find different ways to make our subject matters more understandable and accessible. I'll share the work process of some pieces and how we tried to make connection with readers through visual language.

ABOUT DAWN:
I'm an accidental journalist currently part of the graphics team at Reuters. I design and develop visual storytelling pieces covering news in the Asia Pacific region. I make charts, maps, animations, information graphics and more. Before joining Reuters, I spent a year at The Washington Post working as both a graphics editor and designer.