Statistics and the Quest for Quality Journalism

Statistics and the Quest for Quality JournalismThis book looks at how numbers and statistics have been used to underpin quality in news reporting. In doing so, the aim is to challenge some common assumptions about how journalists engage and use statistics in their quest for quality news. It seeks to improve our understanding about the usage of data and statistics as a primary means for the construction of social reality.

The volume opens with Hong Kong's early history as a wild coastal frontier (haijiang) of imperial China and follows the social and cultural development of its maritime border zone

the moors that were once her home / No longer know her step…” Mournful and romantic

There is special interest in Asian countries

South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of its repressive ‘Grand Apartheid’ infrastructure

this one provides a systematic analysis of the theoretical and methodological issues involved

how well will their venture fare

Elite Malay women’s polygamy narratives are multiple and varied

and verbatim transcripts from the beginning

this book demonstrates that disorganization and disaggregation characterize postmodern times

Trauma-Informed Medication Management

Addresses the concerns of the marginalized in the American school curriculum

The authors offer practical care plans at various levels of expertise across the continuum of care