ASA communications are about people. They spotlight our stories, connect our community, and make the profession accessible to a broad audience. In this episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome ASA Communications Manager Megan Murphy and Communications Strategist Val Nirala for a behind-the-scenes look at how the ASA communications team brings […]
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Practical Significance | Episode 69: Communicating Science in an Age of Uncertainty
In this episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Ron Wasserstein and Donna LaLonde talk with Meaghan Parker of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing about the changing landscape of science journalism and why accurate, independent reporting remains essential to public understanding and trust.
How I Built a Portuguese-Language Analytics Community Online
Fernanda Araujo Maciel shares how her YouTube channel, podcast, and social media grew into a thriving Portuguese-language statistics community and urges fellow ASA members to help close the global gap in accessible statistical education.
Bridging the Gap: A Clinical Trials Certificate Program for Statisticians and Data Scientists
ASA President Ji-Hyun Lee talks about her early experiences in clinical trial work and details the new Clinical Trials Certificate Program in this month’s President’s Corner.
Practical Significance: Episode 47 | Inquiring Minds: ASA Questions and Answers from Donna & Ron
The November episode of Practical Significance features a fun twist as podcast producer Kim Gilliam takes her turn at the mic to interview her colleagues and Practical Significance co-hosts, Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein. Armed with insider knowledge and your burning questions about the ASA, Kim leads a lively conversation that’s equal parts informative and […]
Pilot Program to Allow Exception to One Session Policy at JSM 2025
In a groundbreaking move for JSM, the ASA Membership Council and JSM Policy Committee launched a pilot program allowing select presenters to participate in both technical and professional development sessions in 2025.
Harvard Undergrad Awarded ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
Lucy Tu—a junior studying sociology, neuroscience, and the history of science at Harvard University—will spend 10 weeks as a science journalist with Scientific American this summer as the ASA’s 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow.
Operator, Can You Help Me Place This Call?
This month, Dionne Price discusses her goal of showing off the amazing work being done by the ASA community and asks for your ideas and suggestions.
JEDI Corner: From Visualization to ‘Sensification’
Data visualization and exploratory data analysis have been recognized in recent decades as important parts of statistics, but visualization excludes people with visual impairments, an increasingly important issue as the population gets older. How can statisticians and analysts provide some of the benefits of the dataviz revolution?
Data for Good: The Year in Review
David Corliss looks back on 2021 and discusses both the challenges and opportunities the Data for Good community had.