The Art of Explanation from Poynter Online is a collection of published news illustrations and notes of the newsroom conversations that took place during the creation of war-related graphics. The visual journalists detail the strategy and process behind their illustrations—an interesting look into the thought processes behind this visual side of the news.

A German illustrator who submitted his graphic How Much US Weapons Cost is forward about his feelings for the Iraq war and talks about some graphics, such as Saddam’s bunker, which are purely speculative.

A Spanish graphic artist for El Correo describes his team’s illustration of combat over a bridge in Iraq:
We’re trying to avoid the “Map and arrows and flying around planes” formula and trying to create graphics that tell stories to our readers.