Historical demographer and data impresario
Wired profile: https://www.wired.com/1995/03/ruggles/
Publications: https://users.pop.umn.edu/~ruggl001/
Data: https://www.ipums.org/
Steven Ruggles
The Fortune article cites my PNAS paper but ignores my argument.
Preparing ISRDI BBQ in the rain
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Of course.
The Star Tribune employs around 495 people and the cuts will be made across every department. The newsroom has just under 200 journalists and will decline to about 175 while remaining one of the largest between the coasts.
The Pig is departing the Python.
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My paper on the Pig in the Python is now free of copyediting errors!
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My paper on the Pig in the Python is now free of copyediting errors!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Gift link: www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Art...
The concern is that this affects EVERYTHING.
RDC projects.
Special tabs.
Small area estimates.
Public microdata.
Block level 2030 census counts may not be possible.
2020 dp was annoying.
This is scorched earth on *everything.*
NEW: The Census Bureau has two new deputy directors — Michael Lachanski as deputy director for data, policy and science, and John Studds as deputy director for administration and operations
www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
The decision to cut 65 jobs underscores the news industry’s ongoing challenges.
