Wordless News On her Wordless News blog, illustrator Maria Fabrizio creates a news-inspired image each day. We've invited her to spend a week creating images based on Morning Edition stories.

Special Series

Wordless News

Wordless News illustrator Maria Fabrizio spends a week creating images inspired by Morning Edition.

Subscribe to Breaking News Alerts

Maria Fabrizio

Wordless News: Trademarking The Cronut

January 17, 2014 • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition. Today, she portrays a croissant-doughnut hybrid finally making it official.

Trademark Officially Registered For The Cronut

Listen · 0:31 0:31

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/263365979/263366305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Maria Fabrizio

Wordless News: Legalizing 'Charlotte's Web' Medical Marijuana

January 16, 2014 • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition. Thursday she takes on a story about how Florida might legalize a treatment for children with a rare seizure disorder.

Florida Bill Would Allow Medical Marijuana For Child Seizures

Listen · 5:15 5:15

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/263067700/263072820" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Maria Fabrizio

Wordless News: Robot Goooooooooooooal!

January 15, 2014 • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition. Today, she chose a story by Joe Palca about a computer scientist who is developing robots that can play soccer.

Peter Stone Can't Get Enough Of Robots Playing Soccer

Listen · 4:28 4:28

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/262732015/262733132" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Wordless News: Brits Struggle To Save Beloved Telephone Box

Maria Fabrizio's illustration of: "Some Brits Not Ready To Say 'Ta-Ra' To Iconic Telephone Box" Maria Fabrizio hide caption

toggle caption

Maria Fabrizio

Wordless News: Brits Struggle To Save Beloved Telephone Box

January 14, 2014 • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition. Today, she chose Ari Shapiro's story from London, about efforts to preserve the United Kingdom's iconic red booths.

Some Brits Not Ready To Say 'Ta-Ra' To Iconic Telephone Box

Listen · 4:50 4:50

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/262386718/262388396" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Maria Fabrizio

Wordless News: Desegregation On The Docket

January 13, 2014 • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition. Today, the story that caught her ear was about how a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., is considering a deal that would end the city's notorious school desegregation case.

Decades Later, Desegregation Still On The Docket In Little Rock

Listen · 4:50 4:50

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/262073957/262075971" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Maria Fabrizio

Picture This: Illustrator Gets Inspired By The Morning News

January 10, 2014 • Last year, illustrator Maria Fabrizio was having a slow day at work, so she drew a picture of the pope "hanging up his hat." The idea caught on, and now she creates a news-inspired image every day on her Wordless News blog. Next week, all of her pictures will be inspired by Morning Edition.

Picture This: Illustrator Gets Inspired By The Morning News

Listen · 3:58 3:58

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/261075848/261271930" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript