United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Bringing attention to ongoing conflicts and the refugees they are creating across the globe.
Bringing attention to ongoing conflicts and the refugees they are creating across the globe.
A profile of some of the most neglected areas in the country and their residents, examining the extreme poverty in our own backyard.
A five slide interactive infographic looking at the trends of displaced people.
Commissioned by FERN, the graphic describes an eight-nation plan to save the world's last healthy tuna stocks.
With Food Stamp usage at its highest since the program began, we take a look at five recipients and what it means to be hungry.
The trends that industry experts expect to see more of in U.S. malls over the next few years.
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SwitchYard Media's digital journalists report, write and produce multimedia stories for news organizations, corporations and non-profits. Our interactive graphics, data visualizations and narrative slideshows are tailored to the unique needs of our clients and their audiences. |
SwitchYard's projects emphasize metric objectives, audience demographics, artistic style and editorial voice. A full-service digital studio, SwitchYard has a full bench of reporters, researchers, developers, artists, photographers and producers who collaborate to produce original content for diverse platforms. |
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
October 2012
To highlight four major refugee emergencies where the UNHCR is facilitating relief operations.
Working with UNHCR, SwitchYard designed and produced static maps in support of a global fundraising campaign.
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MSN Money
June 2012
To give perspective to the poverty in our own country and give residents of these areas a voice in the ongoing dialogue about wealth disparity.
A SwitchYard producer identified the different areas featured according to census data and then coordinated a team of photojournalists across the country to produce the piece in two weeks.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
June 2012
To create an interactive summary of UNHCR’s Global Report 2011 in the form of a “shareable” multimedia package that is easily embed-able on the websites of news organizations.
SwitchYard summarized five key points of the UN report and then replicated the “look and feel” of the piece in an interactive environment.
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Slate
February 2013
Appearing in Slate, this piece explored the international plan for tuna protection in the Pacific.
SwitchYard’s graphic designers worked with The FERN’s editors and writer team to create the graphic. View the full size version here.
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The Fern
August 2012
To raise awareness of Food Stamp usage in our country and shatter the preconception of who uses them.
Written by journalist Malia Wollan, this piece was sourced by Switchyard’s cross-country network of photographers and producers to bring light to the issue of food insecurity in America. Smashing the idea of there being a particular “type” of food stamp recipient, the piece marries old fashioned journalism with new school media.
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MSN
February 2013
A tour of some of the most premier malls in the country and the features that may be coming to a shopping center near you.
Coming out of our regular pitch meetings with MSN, SwitchYard writers produced the story in two weeks.
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