The fear of numbers is one of the worst comfort zones where a journalist can fall. Today, numbers are a mine of gold for journalists who know what to do with big data, open data movements, scrap data, or create their own data sets. But just like a miner, you need tools, equipment to extract that gold and present it in attractive ways to your audience.
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