Elisabeth Gawthrop
@egawthrop.bsky.social
data journalist, American Public Media Research Lab
📍 Indianapolis
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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-...
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-...
Abuse rates higher at nursing homes with many mentally ill residents — APM Research Lab
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychosis — condi...
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August 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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-...
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-...
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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:
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⛽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 Marketplace Dozen
Easy, regularly updated data about the U.S. economy, including many of the numbers we use in our reporting.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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...
⛽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 👇
Look up the losses (or gains) in your city 👇
NEW!
See what the just-released BLS metro jobs report has to say about federal government job losses (and some gains) in the nation's largest metros
www.apmresearchlab.org/federal-job-... by @egawthrop.bsky.social & @craigstetter.bsky.social
See what the just-released BLS metro jobs report has to say about federal government job losses (and some gains) in the nation's largest metros
www.apmresearchlab.org/federal-job-... by @egawthrop.bsky.social & @craigstetter.bsky.social
Federal job watch: Few metro areas saw big declines in February — APM Research Lab
The federal government employed over 3 million Americans at the start of 2025 -- but that is rapidly changing under the Trump administration. Cuts are starting to impact metro areas throughout the nat...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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 👇
Look up the losses (or gains) in your city 👇
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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...
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling t...
www.cjr.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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...
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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
cc: @ire-nicar.bsky.social, @alyclary.bsky.social, @egawthrop.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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
cc: @ire-nicar.bsky.social, @alyclary.bsky.social, @egawthrop.bsky.social
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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...
www.ire.org/event/titans...
Titans Talk: A fireside chat with two of IRE’s founders - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Hear from two of IRE’s original founders, Len Downie Jr. and Ed DeLaney, talk about our beginnings and their views of investigative journalism today and tomorrow. March 25 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
www.ire.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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...
www.ire.org/event/titans...
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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
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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...
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...
March 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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...
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.
March 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
👋 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.