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News Illustrated.

News Illustrated is a full-page information graphic that runs every Sunday in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, one of 12 newspapers owned by Tribune Company. It tells news stories visually — and in ways that are hard to replicate with traditional journalism. Subjects range from explaining advances in science to politics to health and physiology.

History
News Illustrated started as a response to reader requests for science coverage. in 1993, Editor Gene Cryer created a weekly color page aimed at engaging young readers. Initially, these were stories from the week that couldn't find their way into the daily paper. Designer/copy editor William McDonald would pick the topic, research it, write it and turn it in to the graphics department. Graphics Editor Lynn Occhiuzzo and her staff then illustrated and designed the page. Once the page progressed, others in the newsroom started taking part, including designer/editor David Baker. The graphics staff also contributed ideas.

The page proved popular and was reprinted in 1994 as a book titled "Dancing Honeybees and Other Natural Wonders of Science: An Illustrated Compendium" The credited author was William Lynn Baker, which combined the names of the McDonald, Occhiuzzo and Baker.

In 1998, the art department was remade to focus on information graphics and the graphics staff assumed the reporting, writing and production of the page. In 1999, it was renamed News Illustrated to reflect the broader the subject matter.

Readership
News Illustrated reaches more than a million readers every week. The page is also published in sister Tribune Company newspapers, including the Orlando Sentinel, and is repurposed for weekly distribution by the McClatchy-Tribune graphics wire service, a collaboration between Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company.

Offshoots
News Illustrated has led to two notable sites online. In 1999, under former Graphics Director Don Wittekind, the department started producing interactive graphics for TheEdge, a pioneering multimedia gallery. In 2008, a News Illustrated blog is planned to expand on the printed page with interactivity, information edited out of the page and links to research resources.

Awards
News Illustrated has been recognized many times through the years in international competition, most notably by the Society for News Design. Some recent examples:

2007 Five Awards of Excellence: Super Bowl XLI, Construction cranes , Nutrition , Pirate life , Panama Canal

2006 Seven Awards of Excellence: African-American migration, Global warming (2), High-heeled shoes , Oil drilling , Treating AIDS ,  Belinda Long-Ivey portfolio

2005 Three Awards of Excellence: Egg colors, Sleep apnea , Staff portfolio

Official external links

 * News Illustrated pdf archive
 * TheEdge multimedia gallery