STATISTICAL LITERACYWORKING WITH JOURNALISTS AND THE MEDIA

6 September 2019

www.paris21.org

François Fonteneau

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https://paris21.org/statistical-literacy-2019

Measuring

use of

statistics in

newspapers

articles

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5

10

15

20

25

North America andEurope

Africa LAC Asia Oceania

Score in 2016 Score in 2018

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It matters – well-known examples

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Data work in the media today

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6P21 strengthening the capacity of

Official Statisticians to work with Media

Understand the media needs

- Make data open

- Explain it !!! Metadata and dataviz key

- Release calendars and proactive communication

François Fonteneau

7P21 strengthening the capacity of

media to work with official statistics

- Leverage interest to show the value

of official statistics

- Scale on-the-job trainings: gender data

- Create incentives for joint

work

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