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-...

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...

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 👇

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...

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

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...

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

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...

👋 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.