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Alyson Clary
@alyclary.bsky.social
data visualization | research, analysis, writing @apmresearchlab.org and data journalism for colleagues in American Public Media Group | Ph.D. comp lit | (multitudes)🧶📚☕🎧♪✮ 🌈🖋 | she/her
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Explore the database of nursing homes in the story. For each one, see:

• Percent of residents with a serious mental illness
• Number of abuse-related citations
• Nurse staffing rating

www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
August 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which few of the facilities are equipped to handle
www.wglt.org/illinois/202... by @apmresearchlab.org's @egawthrop.bsky.social w/@apmreports.org via WGLT
Abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness
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...
www.wglt.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Check out this great, interactive map of skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. by @alyclary.bsky.social, as well as a table by @egawthrop.bsky.social that allows you to look up your local nursing home's staff rating

www.apmresearchlab.org/abuse-rates-... @apmresearchlab.org / @apmreports.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Great reporting by Dan Kraker, and great mapping by our own @alyclary.bsky.social in the latest article in @mprnews.org's Troubled by the water series

Across northern Minnesota’s pristine lake country, mercury contamination is growing

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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A look at revisions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report data in light of President Donald Trump’s firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It turns out that the revisions issued this month, while large, are not at all unprecedented.
How abnormal are the revisions in this month’s jobs report?
A look at revisions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report data in light of President Donald Trump’s firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It turns out that the revisions ...
www.mprnews.org
August 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Wow!

After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Hospitalization and mortality data from the Minnesota Department of Health do not signal a COVID-19 flare-up in the state so far this summer. U of MN wastewater measurements of the disease, however, are trending upward.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... by @craigstetter.bsky.social via @mprnews.org
Little evidence of a COVID-19 ‘summer surge’ so far in Minnesota
National data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are showing increases in COVID-19 activity. But data from the state’s health department show continued low numbers of COVID-19 hospita...
www.mprnews.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Maya Chari digs into the question: "How are Trump’s auto parts tariffs affecting the broader economy?"

Today's new inflation numbers show consumer prices continuing to creep up. But not so much for "motor vehicles and parts"

More: www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...
How are Trump’s auto parts tariffs affecting the broader economy? — APM Research Lab
President Donald Trump made economic waves earlier this year when he announced a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and parts. Those announced tariffs have since been walked back. In fact, new inflati...
www.apmresearchlab.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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"Troubled by the water" won another award: Murrow regional radio news series!

www.rtdna.org/2025-regiona...

Congrats!!! To our own @alyclary.bsky.social & @egawthrop.bsky.social, with @mprnews.org's @kirstimarohn.bsky.social, @benjovland.bsky.social & @apmreports.org's @jenpenned.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Read the story 👇 and explore the map by @alyclary.bsky.social to see details about specific lots and buildings.
May 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m honored to have been part of such a great project with amazing colleagues!

It just won a National Headliner Award!
April 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
April 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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A map by my @apmresearchlab.org colleague @alyclary.bsky.social, , resourced by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, for reporting by @mprnews.org, of data originally assembled by @gristnews.bsky.social

See more: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
April 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It was great working with my Native News colleagues at @mprnews.org on this important story!
April 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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New! via @current.org

Our managing partner, @craigstetter.bsky.social , highlights some bipartisan findings about public media from a major national audience research study called Researching Unmet Needs

current.org/2025/04/stud...
Study finds conservatives and liberals want similar things from public media - Current
When asked about news attributes they value, people from opposite ends of the political spectrum aren’t that far apart, according to new audience research.
current.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Article out today in Current from @craigstetter.bsky.social of the APM Research Lab on a new study of Americans' unmet needs from media.

"Audiences at both ends of the political spectrum say they are looking for programming related to history and local news."

current.org/2025/04/stud...
Study finds conservatives and liberals want similar things from public media - Current
When asked about news attributes they value, people from opposite ends of the political spectrum aren’t that far apart, according to new audience research.
current.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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What to do when the data doesn’t exist? Sometimes you have to do the manual grunt work, but you end up being able to make data newly accessible to the public. — @alyclary.bsky.social on our partnership with @mprnews.org & @apmreports.org at #NICAR25.
March 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Stellar #NICAR25 panel!
📈 @apmresearchlab.org’s @alyclary.bsky.social
📊 @caitmcglade.bsky.social AZ Republic
📈 @lighthousereports.com’s Charles Boutaud
March 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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...
March 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Hey #NICAR25, looking for a great 10:15 session today? My @apmresearchlab.org colleague
@alyclary.bsky.social is on a great panel addressing what to do when the data don’t (yet) exist. Join me in Grand Portage Ballroom 1 (4th floor)!
March 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM