Stats + Stories 016: Embracing a quantitative, quantified society: narrative + statistics = data journalism

With Special Guest: Trevor Butterworth

Trevor Butterworth is Director of Sense About Science USA, which advocates for evidence and transparency in science and technology in the public interest. He is also editor of STATS.org, a collaboration between the American Statistical Association and Sense About Science USA that promotes statistical literacy in the news media. He has been a journalist in the US for over 15 years, writing about data and statistics and how they are interpreted in our so-called "knowledge economy," especially in relation to risk and regulation. He’s written for the New Yorker online, Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.