Jess Craig—an epidemiologist who has worked in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—has been selected as the ASA’s 2020 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow and will train as a science journalist with NPR.
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ASA-AAAS Mass Media Fellow Shares What She Learned
Diana Cai reported from STAT—a Boston-based health and medicine news outlet—as an ASA-AAAS Mass Media Fellow last summer.
Staff Spotlight: Regina Nuzzo
Nuzzo has taken on the newly created role of senior advisor for statistics communication and media innovation at the American Statistical Association. The role is tailored to her expertise. We wanted to know more about her, so we asked her a few questions about this new role, upcoming projects, and her life.
Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award
The ASA is seeking nominations for its annual Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award, which recognizes members of the communications media who have best displayed an informed interest in the science of statistics and its role in public life.
Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award Nominations Sought
The Committee on Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award is accepting nominations for its 2018 award.
Statistical Literacy and Journalism: The Road Less Traveled
Trevor Butterworth discusses Sense about Science and how to get journalists to “see” statistical concepts.
Nominations Wanted for ESRA
The Committee on Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award is accepting nominations for its 2016 award.
ESRA Award Winner Talks About ‘Bringing the Invisible Superhero of Science to Light’
Morteza Marzjarani interviews Julie Rehmeyer, the winner of the 2015 Excellence in Statistical Reporting award.
2014 ESRA Winner Talks Statistics, Journalism, and P-Values
Science journalists and applied statisticians are kindred spirits. Both require some of the same skills. You need to be able to synthesize and analyze a large amount of information, and boil it down to its essence. You need to communicate complicated ideas in a way that’s easy for nonspecialists to understand. And you’re trained to have a healthy sense of skepticism.