Art, Photography & Illustration

A sketchbook with a pie chart and handwritten notes about dark matter is partially obscured by an open magazine featuring a Venn diagram of possible dark matter categories.

Tip Sheet: Designing Science Graphics

Jen Christiansen

Watercolor painting of a cougar walking, looking toward the viewer. The outline of the animal is filled with forest imagery: trees, brush, berries, and a vibrant blue bird.

Cross-Pollination: What Happens When Science Journalists Pursue the Creative Arts

Sarah DeWeerdt

Graphic showing changes in foot traffic to various destinations from March 1, 2020 - May 16, 2020. Traffic to schools, bars, and fitness centers decreased markedly; traffic to religious institutions, restaurants, and parks somewhat less so. Traffic to grocery stories and gas stations stayed about the same, increasing slightly in May.

Data Journalists’ Roundtable: Visualizing the Pandemic

Tiên Nguyễn

A graphic showing vertical bands of color that shift from hues of blue, at left, to red, at right.

Interrogating Data: A Science Writer’s Guide to Data Journalism

Betsy Ladyzhets

A group of people on a boat, navigating in a calm river. The view is partially obstructed by hanging plants.

A Photojournalist’s Eye: Taking Photos to Accompany Science Stories

Joan Meiners

A pen-and-ink drawing showing a hand writing on a piece of paper.

So You Think You Can’t Draw? A Beginner’s Guide to Graphic Journalism

Jennifer Lu

Science Photojournalist Morgan Heim Illuminates Environmental Cost of California’s Trespass Marijuana Grows

Christina Selby

Glendon

Glendon Mellow on Science Art: More than Just Picking the Right Image

Bethany Brookshire

A portion of an infographic associated with the STAT Failure to Report investigation

Storygram: Charles Piller’s “Failure to Report”

Roxanne Khamsi

Bad blood

Pow! Zap! Bam! Using Comics to Tell Compelling Science Stories

Jane C. Hu

A pair of white sunglasses, with the photographer's reflection seen in one lens.

Capture the Moment: Get More out of Your Stories through Photography

Julia Rosen

How to Tell Science Stories with Maps

Greg Miller

A woman stands in a barren landscaping taking photos of something unseen in the distance.

Image Is (Almost) Everything: How to Find Great Story Art

Julia Rosen

A group of Lego people stand in a group.

Data Journalism: A Primer for Science Journalists

Tina Casagrand

A small group of people gather on and around a fishing boat on an expansive beach. A photographer stands nearby taking their photo.

Pictures and Prose: When Photographers and Writers Work Together

Erik Vance

Douglas Fox Recounts an Antarctic Adventure

Siri Carpenter