It’s difficult to evaluate new evidence in the middle of the crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic. SJN hears from journalists that they need more guidance on how to evaluate the latest numbers, research and statistics on COVID-19’s spread.
Join a conversation with investigative reporter Matt Kauffman from SJN’s Positive Deviance data project, and Cheryl Phillips, director of Big Local News at Stanford.
Michelle Faust Raghavan, SJN’s west coast region manager and former health reporter, will lead the discussion.
We’ll look at a new database created by Kauffman to track disparities in how COVID-19 impacts communities. We’ll also look at ways journalists can use this database for solutions journalism and, woven into that, why it will be hard to get data now about the value of responses. But also what data sources to watch as time goes on.
Bring your questions, challenges and story ideas to this advanced discussion about evaluating evidence.