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Stats+Stories podcast episodes: conversations about excellence in statistical reporting (and more!)

  • 1.  Stats+Stories podcast episodes: conversations about excellence in statistical reporting (and more!)

    Posted 07-31-2025 09:01

    Just in time for late summer travel, check out the latest episode of the Stats+Stories podcast that features conversations with Jeff Mervis and Andrew Van Dam, winners of the ASA Excellence in Statistical Reporting award. Jeff Mervis reports on science policy in the US and worldwide in AAAS/Science magazine to explain to scientists how government works. Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. 

    Excellence in Statistical Reporting | Stats + Stories Episode 368 - Stats + Stories

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    Excellence in Statistical Reporting | Stats + Stories Episode 368 - Stats + Stories
    The National Association of science writers has about 2000 members, even as the field of science journalism has been experiencing a contraction. In her 2025 Nieman lab prediction for journalism, Siri Carpenter suggested that, given the challenges the world faces, it might be time that newsrooms embr
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    John Bailer
    Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, Miami University
    Panelist, Stats+Stories podcast
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