Hi Tom I'd put in unemployment. Worldwise it is something like 1/3 ( if that isn't gun powder I don't know what is) off on vacation hope to see you at the end of the month. Jenny
At 02:17 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote: >Friends: > >My apologies for the cross-posts, but.... > >For an upcoming presentation, I'm putting together a list of the 25 basic >statistics every journalist should know, at least withing a range of plus >or minus 5 percent. This list would, ideally, be a template that could be >given to journos in any country so that he/she would always be ready to >put many stories in context. Below is a rough beginning. I wonder if you >might have some data points of a similar vein that you find useful? > >THE 25 NUMBERS EVERY JOURNALIST SHOULD KNOW >*) The world's population >*) Your nation's population and as a percent of the world >*) Your state/province/district population and as a percent of your nation >*) Your city's pop. and as a percent of your state/province/district >*) The percent of change for all of the above in the past 10 years >*) The current budget of your nation/state/province/district/city government >*) The sub-sections of the above budgets for health, education, public >safety, infrastructure and their relative percentages >*) The world's live birth rates and same for your >nation/state/province/district/city >*) Average life expectancy for males and females in your >nation/state/province/district/city >*) Average family size for your nation/state/province/district/city >*) Per capita and per family annual income for your >nation/state/province/district/city >*) Average years of education for males and females in the world and your >nation/state/province/district/city > >Many thanks. I'll post the roundup of the suggestions. > >-Tom Johnson >-- >========================================== >J. T. Johnson >Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA ><http://www.analyticjournalism.com>www.analyticjournalism.com >505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) ><http://www.jtjohnson.com>http://www.jtjohnson.com ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. >To change something, build a new model that makes the >existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster Fuller >========================================== >============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
