Books to help reporters work better with numbers

Jennifer LaFleur Staff May 1995 View as JSON

Journalism & Newsroom Investigative Methods

A curated list of recommended books for journalists to improve their numerical literacy and data analysis skills, covering topics from news statistics to mathematical understanding and fact verification.

Here are some books to help reporters work better with numbers:

Cohn, Victor. News & Numbers. 1989. Iowa State University Press.

Crossen, Cynthia. Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America. 1994. Simon & Schuster.

Meyer, Philip. The New Precision Journalism. 1991. Indiana University Press.

The Economist Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy. 1993. Penguin Books.

Paulos, John Allen. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences. 1988. Hill and Wang.