Graphic Content refers to the graphic representation of data within a piece of writing. It usually refers to graphics, charts, photographs, illustrations, or any form of imagery. The graphic content writer may be a graphic designer, an artist, a computer program, a newspaper writer, or an author. Some businesses use graphic designers as affiliates or hire freelance graphic content writers to create marketing materials, including business cards, brochures, website content, etc.
Graphic designers are in high demand because journalists cannot explain stories better with just words on a piece of paper. Designers have to draw attention to a photograph, chart, or illustration in order for a journalist to write an effective story. In addition, many online publications and blogs require graphic content in order to be published. There are even some websites that need only simple drawings and illustrations in order to publish articles and blogs.
Katrina Hazelwood is an award-winning journalist who covers topics ranging from health to beauty, crime, technology, and more. She is often seen on television and in print. According to her bio on her website, “Katrina enjoys sharing her knowledge and adventures via print and television.” She was most known as a reporter for CNN, but she has also contributed articles to numerous other media including: Investor's Business Daily, Townhall, Brides, Shape, Glamour, Fast Company, Target, and more. In addition to her work for CNN, Hazelwood has written for numerous other print and broadcast outlets including: People, cooking/recipe and food magazines, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Shape, Brides, Today's Woman, Crain's Business, Shape, TownandGown, SmartMoney, Seventeen, More Magazine, Mother Jones, and several others.
Illustrator Glen Wegner is a well-known graphic artist and web developer. His clients include Disney, Nike, Dell, and Mattel. One of his favorite things to create is to illustrate people and events as a background or in conjunction with photos and clip art. He is still able to create some graphic content on the Internet despite the efforts of Internet censorship. For example, a search engine that requires a flash player to view videos displays a graphic with a still image at the bottom during a soccer game.
The Internet has made it easy for anyone to share disturbing graphic online content. Fortunately, there are many places to find this disturbing material without endangering our children. Most websites that display disturbing graphic content will have terms and conditions posted on their pages that allow parents to block their children from viewing any of this type of graphic content. Additionally, many social media websites will allow parents to block their own children from posting any disturbing graphic content. Unfortunately, some adults use social media to prey on children who are naive to the presence of disturbing images and messages on the Internet.
Katrina still manages to get a lot of her stories about her son out onto the newsstands. She explains the graphic content that she writes in a way that most readers can understand. She uses a lot of vivid detail to help her readers visualize what their children might be feeling during an event. Katrina knows that her readers do not want to imagine what their child might be feeling when seeing a photograph of their own child on the Internet, so she provides readers with pictures that help them understand the trauma that could be occurring in their own child. This helps them make the decision to block disturbing images and messages from their children's online activity.
It would probably be impossible for Katrina to imagine the life of a child living in a world where graphic images are not allowed. While she understands that she can not police the Internet, she realizes that the responsibility of providing a healthy environment for children lies in her hands. She believes that parents have the right and responsibility to police the online content that their children see and read. In fact, many parents have already taken action to ensure that this is true. No pornographic material or offensive pictures are allowed in any state on the Internet, and in many states it is illegal to display these materials in a public location.
The graphic content that is allowed on YouTube is not the only type that is being removed. Websites that include hate and terrorist imagery are being asked to completely remove these types of materials. The removal of hate speech and other disturbing materials is something that has been happening for a while now. There is a growing movement to remove all terrorists and hate speech on the Internet. While it may seem impossible to live in a world where it is impossible to view horrifying pictures of torture and murder, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to find images of this nature. Hate and terroristic images have no place on the Internet, and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for companies to include them.
