About Our Guest:
C. W. Anderson is the author of Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age and Journalism: What Everyone Needs to Know (co-authored with former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie and sociologist Michael Schudson), which has been described as “an accessible, sweeping survey of the past, present, and future of journalism.”

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Show Notes:
(00:04): Guest Introduction
(01:40): Origin stories related to data journalism and sociology
(03:48): How data can help us understand other forms of journalistic endeavor
(06:26): Data journalism in the past vs. present
(08:10): Tackling data-driven storytelling and its relation to science
(10:30): Identifying ways journalists can rebuild trust with the public
(12:35): The economic crisis affecting the journalism industry during and after the 2016 election  
(13:54): Navigating how to use journalism to improve democratic values
(20:33): Next steps for Chris Anderson 
(21:53): Wrap-up

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