1. Visual information accompanying a related article.

2. Infographic  Design element that illustrates a story, such as a chart, map, diagram, quotation list or sidebar; short for informational graphic.  There are many types of infographics. The main thing is to remember that they provide information about the topic of your story.

3. Sidebar  Supplement to the main story on spread  Provides extra detail or “color”  Uses whatever approach is most likely to grab the reader’s attention

4. Quote Collection Statements on the story’s topic by students and others

5. Fast facts The five W’s and the H of a story precisely presented

6. Bio brief A short profile of a person or group mentioned in the story

7. Glossary A list of unfamiliar terms in the story, with definitions

8. Time line A chronological list of key dates and events in a story

9. Step-by-step guide A succinct summary of a process explained in the story

10. Quiz  A series of questions about issues related to the story’s content

11. Resource references  A list of places where readers can get more information

12. Examples  This sidebar to an article about advertising trends compares the percentage of ads skipped purposely to the percentage of ads skipped with a DVR (like TIVO).

13. Examples  This sidebar to an article about advertising trends compares the primetime ratings and ad revenue over the past 30 years.

14. Examples  This sidebar to an article about Hybrid technology shows the inner workings of a Hybrid vehicle.

15. Examples  This sidebar shows what the author featured in the article has on her own bookshelf.

16. Examples  This sidebar gives basic biographical information about the subject of the article.

17. Examples  This sidebar to an article about throwing a party offers tips for enjoying it yourself.

18. Examples  This sidebar to an article about a successful personal trainer lists some of his unexpected advice about working out.

19. Examples  This sidebar to an article about animals in need gives information about how readers can help.

20. Examples  These Hybrid sales charts are sidebars to an article about Hybrid technology.

21. Examples  This sidebar to an article about advertising trends tracks types of media used over the past 15 years.

22. Examples  This sidebar to an article about the benefits of listening to music offers suggestions for new music based on old tastes.

23. Examples  This sidebar to an article about “the New Southern Home” lists and describes the benefits of home automation.

24. Examples  This sidebar to a current events article offers interesting number factoids.

25. Examples  This sidebar to an article about advertising trends compares old and new ideas about common things.

26. Examples  This sidebar to an article about a historical highway in Texas gives a map and advice on things to do while traveling this route.

27. Examples  This sidebar to a Christmas gift wrapping article gives simple steps for creating a pom-pom bow.

28. Examples  This sidebar to an article about texting gives some basic advice for a person who has never texted.  Note: this magazine is geared toward the 40+ set; you would not see a texting primer in a teen magazine

29. Examples  This sidebar to an article about Christmas shopping for kids is a timeline of popular children’s gifts over the past 100 years.

30. Glasgow’s Infographic Checklist  Research carefully.  You’ve got to be an expert on the subject.  Focus tightly.  Pinpoint precisely what you need to explain before you begin.  Design logically.  Let your central image give structure to the design.  Label clearly.  Use factoids in the form of words with arrows, lines or boxes to identify every detail.

31. Some things to remember  An infographic is not an advertisement.  A sidebar offers information that goes along with the main article on the page.  The sidebar should appeal to the magazine’s audience.  The sidebar should present information in the easiest to understand format.

32. Your sidebar  You will be creating an infographic to go in your magazine.  Copy this onto your Google page, and answer the questions:  Infographic Proposal  List five words that most describe your magazine.  What three types of infographics do you like the most? Why?  How could you use those three in your magazine?  List some key words from your article.  List three interesting things in your article that you might include in a sidebar.  List three interesting things that relate to your article that you might include in a sidebar.  Look at your answers to number three, four and five. Which one of those things seems like it would be the most interesting to cover in a sidebar?  Make a list of the facts you need to gather to make the sidebar you picked in number seven work.  Make a list of places you might find the facts listed in number eight.  What would be the best way to organize the information in the sidebar? (a pie chart, a timeline, a bulleted list, etc.)

33. What you will do in class:  If it is your assigned time, work on your layout using an InDesign computer.  If you are not working on an InDesign computer, complete your “sidebar proposal,” research and create your sidebar or work on some other aspect of your magazine.