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Why would journalists need to know data science?

• munchbunny 7y ago
  It's not symmetrical like that. Journalists report on data based phenomena all the time, so understanding statistics is a fairly useful skill. Programmers don't typically have to do journalism. They do have to write, but writing =/= journalism. If we're talking about writing classes for programmers, personally I don't think there's anything special about the programmer use case, as opposed to "writing in professional contexts" in general.
  • bgravinz 7y ago
    That seems like more of an exercise in framing. If you currently work at the NYT as a data-science researcher, doing the job that journalists without data-science experience can’t do, and you see your job imperilled by this, you’ll want to do exactly what these journalists are doing, but in reverse: Expanding their role to something they didn’t previously do in order to stay competitive in the job market.