Journalists, Numeracy and Cultural Capital
Journalists are tasked with holding power to account; often, that means evaluating and interpreting numbers. But anecdotally, journalists are ill at ease with figures. This shortcoming is worrying both in terms of the quality of news provided to the public, and the implications for informed democrat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Numeracy Network
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Numeracy |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol9/iss2/art3/ |