This 5-week, 1-credit module will cover the fundamentals of good presentation, layout, and design on the web. We’ll cover basic typography, color theory, page layout, information design as well as navigation and usability and apply them to your data interactive projects. We’ll also explore design with Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop, industry-standard tools for creating charts for fast-turnaround stories. Hiring managers for graphics and data interactive teams at newsrooms expect even intern-level applicants to be capable of using Adobe tools to make production-ready charts. At the end of the module, you will have the design fundamentals to build customized data-visualization to create your own charts in Adobe Illustrator — a must-have skill on graphics and data interactives teams at any major news organization.