“There is ample space for math geeks, stats nerds, number-crunchers and many more in journalism. It’s a place they should be playing. And you can see, with each stat-heavy report, with each number-savvy data visualization, that some are starting to. But nowhere near enough.
So how do we get them interested? I think we do it in two ways: By leading by example—doing kick-ass, math-heavy journalism (of course)—but also by creating opportunities for learning. Because it’s really by demonstrating that the problem sets in journalism are compelling ones, and offering avenues to learn more about them, that we’re going to start to attract the talent that we need.”
In “Journalism in the Open: Are our systems for learning making the grade," Dan Sinker argues that journalism needs math geeks, and beyond that, why journalism education needs to be focusing on more than creating great writers. His full post is well worth a read.
We’re interested to hear more responses to Sinker’s question, "Where do you want to see learning go in journalism?” Head over to Sinker’s blog to read comments, and feel free to chime in on ONAIssues if you have an idea about where journalism education should be headed.
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