{
  "id": "1995-may-books-to-help-reporters-work-better-with-numbers",
  "slug": "1995-may-books-to-help-reporters-work-better-with-numbers",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-may-books-to-help-reporters-work-better-with-numbers.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Books to help reporters work better with numbers",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "Jennifer LaFleur",
  "author_title": "Staff",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "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.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "numbers",
    "literacy"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Here are some books to help reporters work better with numbers:\n\nCohn, Victor. News & Numbers. 1989. Iowa State University Press.\n\nCrossen, Cynthia. Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America. 1994. Simon & Schuster.\n\nMeyer, Philip. The New Precision Journalism. 1991. Indiana University Press.\n\nThe Economist Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy. 1993. Penguin Books.\n\nPaulos, John Allen. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences. 1988. Hill and Wang.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
  "similar": [
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      "slug": "1996-october-math-for-journalists-resources",
      "score": 0.496
    },
    {
      "slug": "1996-april-new-books-for-online-journalism",
      "score": 0.272
    },
    {
      "slug": "1997-april-statistics-resources",
      "score": 0.242
    },
    {
      "slug": "1996-april-suggested-books-on-statistics",
      "score": 0.231
    },
    {
      "slug": "2000-november-beat-books",
      "score": 0.228
    }
  ],
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