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Elisabeth Gawthrop

@egawthrop.bsky.social
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data journalist, American Public Media journalist in residence, Indiana University 📍 Indianapolis elisabethgawthrop.com

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APM Research Lab @apmresearchlab.org · 07/08/2025
NEW investigation by @egawthrop.bsky.social 1 in 5 nursing home residents is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which few facilities are equipped to handle. Analysis shows this can lead to higher levels of abuse, putting both residents & staff at risk www.apmresearchlab.org/abuse-rates-...
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Abuse rates higher at nursing homes with many mentally ill residents — APM Research Lab
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychosis — condi...
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APM Research Lab @apmresearchlab.org · 13/05/2025
Just updated! ⛽Price of gas (one gallon, unleaded; $3.33, +3% monthly) 🍳Price of a dozen eggs ($5.12, -18% monthly) More at The @marketplace.org Dozen: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
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The Marketplace Dozen
Easy, regularly updated data about the U.S. economy, including many of the numbers we use in our reporting.
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Elisabeth Gawthrop @egawthrop.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The DC metro area has been hit disproportionally by the fed worker cuts - they've gotten a third of the cuts but only employ roughly a tenth of the federal workforce. (That's as of mid-February - the latest data available at city/state level). Look up the losses (or gains) in your city 👇
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klaudia jaźwińska @klaudia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: We ran 1600 queries across eight generative AI search tools to see how they cite news content. They all did pretty poorly. (w/ @aisvarya17.bsky.social for @towcenter.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling t...
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Craig Helmstetter @craigstetter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It was great to have @apmresearchlab.org staff together for the nation's leading data journalism conference, #NICAR25!! cc: @ire-nicar.bsky.social, @alyclary.bsky.social, @egawthrop.bsky.social
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Emily Hopkins reporting for Mirror Indy @emilyhopkins.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
TIL that Indy's own Ed Delaney helped create Investigative Reporters and Editors. For non-journos, it's the main trade organization for investigative journalists (and so much more than that). www.ire.org/event/titans...
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Titans Talk: A fireside chat with two of IRE’s founders - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Hear from two of IRE’s original founders, Len Downie Jr. and Ed DeLaney, talk about our beginnings and their views of investigative journalism today and tomorrow. March 25 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
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Craig Lyons @craiglyons.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University and The Media School are well represented at #NICAR25. @ire-nicar.bsky.social, @kathleenmjohnston.bsky.social, @egawthrop.bsky.social
Twelve students from the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University stand with faculty and staff at the 2025 NICAR conference.
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Elisabeth Gawthrop @egawthrop.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Some great advice from my @apmresearchlab.org colleague @alyclary.bsky.social at #NICAR25: 1. When you’re putting together a database, YOU get to determine its parameters. If something is giving you a headache, talk to an editor about whether it’s necessary...
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Elisabeth Gawthrop @egawthrop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
👋 I'm Elisabeth Gawthrop, a data journalist with American Public Media @apmresearchlab.org. I use data analysis + visuals to find/tell/complement/edit news stories. I've done a lot of coverage related to public and mental health lately, but also climate, environment, economics, policy, and more.
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