Interview with Theresa Malone, head of visuals. Conducted by Eleanor King, Guardian Foundation assistant archivist on 23 April 2021. Recorded remotely using Zencastr and Google Meet software.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
00:28 Introduction to the head of visuals role and the types of roles within the visuals team
01:25 A typical day including catching up with the news, individual and team meetings and project planning
03:30 Collaborating with editorial departments for all of their work
04:40 Communicating with colleagues while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic and how visuals have been central to many of the big Covid-19 stories
05:55 Discuses her recent highlight of producing results page the 2020 US election which was 'the most viewed page ever in the history of the Guardian website'
08:25 Outline of the areas she has worked in at the Guardian since joining in 2006 including Comment is Free, a Guardian US secondment, the 2014 website redesign and the visuals team
10:33 How she sees the visuals team developing in the future
11:50 The impact of social media on the Guardian including the rise of a visually literate generation and proliferation of fake news
12:25 The role of visuals in helping people navigate the news
14:25 Data and visuals created during the coronavirus pandemic
16:00 Current challenges and opportunities for the visuals team
17:40 The differences between putting visuals in print and online including space and display on different platforms
Duration: 21 minutes and 39 seconds.
Creator: King, Eleanor; assistant archivist
Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd (2006-)
Malone; Theresa (fl.2000s); journalist