Where conventional journalistic norms do not dominate, organisational norms
prevail. This is found most clearly where professional norms are not fixed. For example,
not all interactive teams comply with best practice in terms of user-centred design.
There is some variation in the perception of what constitutes "good" interactive graph-
ics, within the wider debate concerning "chartjunk". Most participants recognise the
merit in Tufte's work and values, but it is also clear that the importance of visual
impact, in the sense set out by Tukey, represents a potential clash with Tuftian
minimalism. Some practitioners see themselves as working somewhere between the
minimalism of Tufte and the experimentalism of David McCandles. Some numbers are
considered more newsworthy than others