Figures & data
Table 1. Most footage used in NYT’s visual investigations are collected from open sources.
Figure 1. Screengrab 1: Coding schemes transform phenomena observed in a specific setting into the objects of knowledge that animate the discourse of a profession (Goodwin, Citation1994, 606). The screenshot shows surveillance footage and a digital map being classified as evidence in the investigation Ukrainian Flight 752: How a Plane Came Down in 7 Minutes. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 2. Screengrab 2: According to the Times, this footage from Chinese State Television shows Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority, unwillingly participating in assimilation programs. An example of what the Times calls “government indoctrination” is discovered and highlighted in the footage. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 3. Screengrab 3: Two body cameras attached to the police officers (left-hand side), one dashboard camera and one witness video displayed simultaneously in a grid in the investigation The Killing of Rayshard Brooks: How a 41-Minute Police Encounter Suddenly Turned Fatal. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 4. Screengrab 4: A juxtaposed digital map with superimposed inscriptions and video footage from the investigation The David McAtee Shooting: Did Aggressive Policing Lead to a Fatal Outcome. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 5. Screengrab 5: Footage is stopped, and a gun is highlighted in Ahmaud Arbery’s Final Minutes: What Videos and 911 Calls Show. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 6. Screengrab 6: A weapon is singled out and the background desaturated in How Did Iran’s Qassim Suleimani Wield Power? We Tracked the Quds Force Playbook. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 7. Screengrab 7: A police officer is encircled while drawing his gun shooting Rayshard Brooks in The Killing of Rayshard Brooks: How a 41-Minute Police Encounter Suddenly Turned Fatal. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
Figure 8. Screengrab 8: The four officers involved in the murder of George Floyd are made more salient using multiple highlighting techniques in How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody. © 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY.
