Alyson Clary

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...

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 ...

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.

Wow!

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

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

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...

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

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...

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...

Trouble by the water: Minnesota's vanishing natural lakeshores Are Minnesotans loving their lakes to death? Nearly half of wild shorelines that protect lakes from pollution are now gone.

Read the multiple-award-winning series here: www.mprnews.org/environment/...

"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

I’m honored to have been part of such a great project with amazing colleagues!

It just won a National Headliner Award!

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...

Trouble by the water: Minnesota's vanishing natural lakeshores Are Minnesotans loving their lakes to death? Nearly half of wild shorelines that protect lakes from pollution are now gone.

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 for a 1st place MBJA Sevareid Award for “Troubled by the water”

www.mprnews.org/environment/...

It was great working with my Native News colleagues at @mprnews.org on this important story!

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.

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.

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...

Minnesota homeschooling leaped during COVID and counts continue to climb After Minnesota schools shut their doors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 10,000 families decided to educate their children at home. Five years later, the number of homeschoolers state...

Our latest collaboration with @mprnews.org:

A look at the growth in popularity of homeschooling in Minnesota

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social & @craigstetter.bsky.social, editor @paultosto.bsky.social

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.

Picture of three data journalism rock stars

Stellar #NICAR25 panel!
📈 @apmresearchlab.org’s @alyclary.bsky.social
📊 @caitmcglade.bsky.social AZ Republic
📈 @lighthousereports.com’s Charles Boutaud

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...

Minnesota counties stand to lose millions after Supreme Court ruling In Minnesota, tax-forfeited properties generate millions of dollars that local governments use to run their operations, according to an analysis of public records by MPR News, APM Reports and the APM ...

Here's the story @alyclary.bsky.social worked on with @mprnews.org @kirstimarohn.bsky.social @apmreports.org: www.mprnews.org/story/2023/1...

Behind the data: A look at Minnesota counties that profited from tax forfeited properties The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that counties can no longer profit from the sale of tax-forfeited properties. We analyzed data from the state’s most populous counties and found local governme...

And a deeper dive on the data from @alyclary.bsky.social: www.mprnews.org/story/2023/1...

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)!