Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a crucial element journalistic storytelling. It can act to anchor a story in a place and a time, or it can put a face to a name. It can work in conjunction with text, or stand alone as a photo essay.
A very complete list of photojournalism terms
Callie Shell’s intimate photo essay of Barack Obama
The Big Picture a daily dose of breathtaking photojournalism.
Illustration
Controversial New Yorker Obama cover
Infographics
Hans Rosling’s infographic presentation
The infographic that saved a million lives
Wordle, a great text-cloud graphic generator
Type & Design
Fight Club in type
True type nerds (myself included) love Helvetica
for your assignment
Flickr: Get your account set up ASAP!
The Freedom Museum: GET OVER THERE!