>Noodling around choosing fonts and colors or drawing charts Yeah, 'noodling around', like this guy: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/war.casualties/index.html http

>Noodling around choosing fonts and colors or drawing charts Yeah, 'noodling around', like this guy: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/war.casualties/index.html http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/war.casualties/index.html Design done well increases understanding. Data visualization done well increases understanding. They are integral to high-quality journalism, not a decoration to place around it.