The Boston Globe’s coverage of the tsunami

The Boston Globe’s coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has been a team effort. Particularly the graphics coverage.

Here’s how Saturday’s front looked, designed by David Schutz, Deputy Design Director/News & Graphics:

Here’s a look at that graphic on the front. Click on it for a larger view:

Boston Globe tsunami infographic by Patrick Garvin

Inside, we had this larger graphic by Daigo Fujiwara, Monica Ulmanu and Javier Zarracina. Click on it for a larger view:

Great team effort by Daigo Fujiwara, Monica Ulmanu and Javier Zarracina on this tsunami infographic

Here’s how all of these graphics were played on Boston.com: as a package, with the front page graphic explaining the far-reaching effects as a slider and the how the “How a Tsunami Forms” graphic as an animated step-by-step graphic.

Indeed, this was very much a team effort.

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