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Cross media: faces behind the masks De Volkskrant sets the standards with print and online media in the area of visual presentation of contents. “When the masks are thrown off the faces start to speak,” is the headline of a multi-media story dealing with the situation of doctors and nurses at an intensive care unit during the Corona crisis. On the website photos and quotes of the nursing staff can be found plus an article describing the situation. Link: https://bit.ly/3kew14k
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The editors of de Volkskrant rely on visual journalism which is consequently employed in both print and online media. On the front pages topics of the day are presented as visuals. The inside resembles a magazine layout with lots of white space. Daily events dominate the choice of topics like with all other media. But “de Volkskrant” prefers a more creative grasp in print and online, a different way of approaching a topic, so to speak. In this way, aspects can be found which are not presented in the same way in other media. For example, nursing staffs with masks had been the standard photos on an international level. De Volkskrant, however, shows them without the masks to make their faces speak to us. Congratulation to the great team of journalists, photographers, designers and online specialists that produce such an exemplary and creative newspaper every day.
De Volkskrant is a nationwide newspaper in tabloid format issued in Amsterdam with a circulation of 400,000 copies. They employ 65 journalists, 4 photographers and 12 layout designers.
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