Wall Street Journal's Interactive Graphics: Cracked Foundation; Housing Pain

Cracked Foundation is an interactive graphic that compliments an article in today's Wall Street Journal. A quick look at the first graph will tell you the scope of the problems facing the most hart-hit regions, in a way that words can not.

This is an example of visual information that would be useful in a interactive multimedia time-line.


October 8, 2008
Housing Pain Gauge: Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water" (James R. Hagerty and Ruth Simon)
"More Defaults and Foreclosures Are Likely as Borrowers With Greater Debt Than Value in Their Homes Are Put in a Tight Spot"

CNN Money.com website's timeline of our economic woes...

Note: This photo is from the CNN Money.com website, and the photo is attributed to Spencer Platt/Getty. I am using this for educational purposes. The fall of the market is dramatically depicted on the screen the upper right hand corner of the photo, and the human response to the shock is reflected in the body language and expression of the man staring at his computer display. I will take the photo it down if it is requested.

CNN Money.com has a time-line of the recent events surrounding our current economic woes:

The crisis: A timeline
"A shocking series of events that forever changed the financial markets"

The CNNMoney.com timeline offers a bit of interactivity, but it is primarily text-based. Each article embeds links to related information, which is a good feature.