Who should tell the dataWho should tell the datastories?stories?

March 6 2017@maartenzam Open Belgium

STATS OFFICES VS. THE MEDIA

https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/marriages/marriages/index.html

https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?owner=5070000&ownertype=fair&jcode=1527647&posting_code=0&language=

https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1527511

https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/over-ons/werken-bij/_testimonials/lieke-redacteur

https://www.youtube.com/user/statistiekcbs/videos

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/06/28/cbs-mediastrategie-van-nieuwe-directeur-cbs-lijkt-2961473-a1503708

https://datausa.io/

https://datausa.io/

http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/1186-data-usa

"You're saying it's a falsehood, our PressSecretary gave alternative facts to that."

"This was the largest audience to ever

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/20/us/politics/trump-inauguration-crowd.html?_r=0

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/20/us/politics/trump-inauguration-crowd.html?_r=0

So leave the data storiesto the media...

... but the media isn'tdoing its data work

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20161124_02590695

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20161124_02590695

https://twitter.com/ziobrando/status/289635060758507521?lang=en

So who should tell thedata stories?

The media should

Media should be moredata literate

Statistical offices couldmake journalist's lifes a

bit easier

Thanks!

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