“The federal government is diminishing the nation’s capacity to authoritatively measure the health and well-being of Americans in real time. Layoffs have shuttered entire data collection teams in health agencies. Dozens of experts at the Centers for Disease Control were shown the door just as they were wrapping up detailed national surveys on HIV. And the administration shut down the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a vital source of data on health behaviors before and after childbirth despite an ongoing maternal mortality crisis. Such developments threaten the ability of policymakers and health officials to make urgent health policy decisions guided by the best data and evidence available. It also makes it harder for journalists to hold officials accountable for the success or failure of policy decisions as documented in the data. In this webinar, we’ll review the new holes in the federal data landscape and discuss potential strategies for reporters looking to ground stories on a firm foundation of data and facts.”

When: 10-11 a.m. PDT