{"id":67433,"date":"2016-01-29T09:07:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T09:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samathieson.com\/sa-mathieson\/?p=67433"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T13:12:29","slug":"new-email-newsletter-predictably-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samathieson.com\/sa-mathieson\/new-email-newsletter-predictably-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"New email newsletter: Predictably bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just sent out the first edition of my new email newsletter<\/a>, which I plan to publish each month or thereabouts. It covers what I’ve been working on – in this issue, my data journalism course at City Lit – articles I have written and those I have spotted elsewhere, and things I am looking for help on from my many friends in public relations.<\/p>\n

Here’s a preview:<\/p>\n

I wanted to convince students not to treat predictions as data. An article in The Times<\/a> made it easy by republishing various banks’ predictions for the FTSE-100 at the end of 2015. They ranged between 6,600 and 7,500. The straight lines are the predictions, the wiggly one is what actually happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"FTSE100<\/a><\/p>\n

The email newsletter also includes my map of the month, of new buildings near the Irwell that marks the border between Salford and Manchester. There’s a lot going up, both offices and residential.<\/p>\n

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