The Press Cohort (Minnesota)

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David Montgomery is a data journalist at Minnesota Public Radio News where he tracks and visualizes COVID-19 data for MPR’s audience on a daily basis in articles, radio appearances, and on his popular Twitter feed.

He also launched a COVID-19 data newsletter where he interprets the latest trends in Minnesota’s COVID-19 outbreak and vaccination campaign for thousands of subscribers.

David’s primary goal is to help readers interpret and contextualize the daily barrage of often-contradictory statistics, laying out what the data says, what it doesn’t say, and when it’s just too unclear to draw responsible conclusions.

If you find my #COVID19 Twitter updates helpful, I’ve got something new for you:

I’m creating a daily newsletter for @MPRnews! It comes out weekdays at midday, with my graphs & analysis of the latest data, but in email form.

Launching Monday! SIGN UP: https://t.co/2hGk3YMCl0 https://t.co/6DuesiQ065

— David H. Montgomery (@dhmontgomery) November 13, 2020

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/05/26/how-i-read-covid19-data

A few words from those who nominated David:

“Making data understandable via radio – when you can’t actually see the charts or graphics – is pretty darn hard. David does an excellent job leading us with his updates.”

Click here to follow David on Twitter