“Being able to understand and think critically about the way statistics are used can help us navigate the media, optimize the way we do our jobs and understand the stores we visit and the websites we browse. Especially in today’s world of big data, every organization has a huge opportunity to harness the power of statistics.”
What is a data journalist? If you ask Ryan Struyk, data reporter and mobile producer at CNN Politics, it’s someone who can turn a data set into breaking news. Data reporters explain important issues, but instead of using human sources to break the news, they work with data sets.
Author This is Statistics
News Site This is Statistics
Date Published January 12, 2018
Article Link From Spreadsheets to Headlines: A Day in the Life of Data Journalist Ryan Struyk
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