Data can be the spine of your reporting

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She talks with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about her aversion to math before learning about data journalism, how data can be a better story source than interview a person, and how entering a query into a database can help pull information to tell the real stories of a community. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.