[FRIAM] 25 numbers every journalist should know

[Jenny Quillien]

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
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