ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at: Graphics on screen (captions, lower thirds and straps); Graphics in the studio (insets and colour separation overlays); Graphics sequences; and Non-linear graphics journalism online. The real cost of graphics is time, not software. What was once available to Hollywood blockbusters can be seen every night in news bulletins. An exception to the rule has always been the name super – people can read captions identifying somebody speaking on screen while they are listening to what that person is saying. Name captions, identifying a speaker in an interview, are among the simplest type of television graphic. Graphics can be used to point to the content of a story during a studio link. While the rest of television technology – cameras, editing, even transmission is within reach of most people's pockets – 3-D graphics studios are not. Many web journalists working for established media organisations find themselves using prepared templates to put content online.
