A great post that will be of interest to all visual editors: 10000words.net recaps eight original and graphically enticing ways to present and organize information (click here to view all graphic representations):

- The Photo stream:
Instead of displaying headlines and links, this format features news photos in a grid. When the mouse cursor is over one of the pictures, the headline is displayed.

- Newser:
A tiles news combination of photographs and headlines. When the mouse cursor is moved over one of them, more detailed information pops up. Newser also offers a toggler feature to switch between soft and hard news.

- Spectra:
MSNBC.com developed a visually pleasing template to read RSS feeds.

- NewsWorldMap:
A very basic format that can be useful to readers, as NewsWorldMap simply combines a Google map of the world with Google News items related to each location.

- Visual Dictionary Online:
The Visual Dictionary Online doesn't aggregate news, but its interface, which displays a picture with links to the various elements of the picture, can be useful to newspapers.

- 10x10:
This site presents the news in a ten by ten grid of photos. It's a little overwhelming but can be visually attractive.

- Times:
The Times newsreader is a simple animation that aims to replicate the feel of flipping through print pages online. It is only available for Mac OS X Leopard though.

- LiveNewsCameras.com:
Recently launched, LiveNewsCameras.com proposes a grid of live video feeds from broadcasters and news organizations internationally.

Unfortunately, due to a few technical difficulties, we can't show you the screenshots here. You'll have to click on the individual links or please click below to view all the various formats on screen.

Source: 10000words.net through Journerdism