Good data journalism can reveal otherwise unseen truths about our society. Pioneering journalist Rukmini S joins Amit Varma in episode 196 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about the insights data brought to her journalism, and her groundbreaking podcast on Covid-19, The Moving Curve.  Also check out: 1. The Moving Curve -- Rukmini S's podcast, also on all podcast apps. 2. Rukmini S at HuffPost, Hindu, Scroll, Mint,Times of India (1,  2) and India Spend. 3. Canary -- Amy Brittain's podcast. 4. How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body (Before You Ever Feel It) -- Jeff Wise. (This is the piece mistakenly referred to in this episode as an Atlantic article.) 5. Muslim Population Growth Slows -- Rukmini S & Vijaita Singh (2015). 6. The Art of Narrative Nonfiction -- Episode 183 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Samanth Subramanian). 7. Raag Darbari (Hindi) (English) -- Shrilal Shukla 8. Memories and Things -- Episode 195 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aanchal Malhotra). 9. India’s coronavirus lockdown takes toll on migrant workers -- Rukmini S. 10. The First 100 -- The ProPublica investigation in Chicago. 11. Ideology and Identity -- Pradeep K Chhibber and Rahul Verma. 12. Political Ideology in India -- Episode 131 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rahul Verma). 13. Somesh Jha at Business Standard.14. Covid19india.org.  15. Taking Stock of Covid-19 -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 16. The Nuances of Lockdown -- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani). 17. India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19 -- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 18. Our Cities After Covid-19 -- Episode 191 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vaidehi Tandel). 19. Data Journalism and Indian Politics -- Episode 136 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Roshan Kishore). 20. The State of the Media -- Episode 46 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prem Panicker). 21. The State of the Media 2 -- Episode 89 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sidharth Bhatia & Peter Griffin). 22. What Happened to Our Journalism? -- Episode 178 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nidhi Razdan).  And do check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

Good data journalism can reveal otherwise unseen truths about our society. Pioneering journalist Rukmini S joins Amit Varma in episode 196 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about the insights data brought to her journalism, and her groundbreaking podcast on Covid-19, The Moving Curve. Also check out: 1. <a href="https://rukminiwrites.medium.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rukminiwrites.medium.com/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEoUNiGMeQWj9ssJSBUku2jTcFo4w">The Moving Curve</a> -- Rukmini S's podcast, also on all podcast apps. 2. Rukmini S at <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/rukmini-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/rukmini-s/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHJ9uKI_e1XhLJZ9qIjjT8ajVXRPw">HuffPost</a>, <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Rukmini-S/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Rukmini-S/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNE_LcFhsDqTQTuThMXn2TQA9Fbl3A">Hindu</a>, <a href="https://scroll.in/author/15707" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scroll.in/author/15707&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEbQF3p_kqdiOz6mF1OHKVikhTMBg">Scroll</a>, <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Rukmini-S." target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Rukmini-S.&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEEn22_rbFmUXqnjcsFZGj9-PQMzQ">Mint</a>,Times of India (<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/rukminishrinivasan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/rukminishrinivasan/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEIxm3xcpzaq-qKLt-TaXWskFWZMQ">1</a>, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Rukmini-Shrinivasan.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Rukmini-Shrinivasan.cms&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEFXa8Jy7qWC74Fo0MJtTDPb4o4uw"> 2</a>) and <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/author/rukmini-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.indiaspend.com/author/rukmini-s/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGwzNXHoOqAqOApEaVETdp80DupQg">India Spend</a>. 3. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/podcasts/canary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/podcasts/canary/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNFfeSS5ZtgI0ZVA6__jiN8POV3eXg">Canary</a> -- Amy Brittain's podcast. 4. <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGMyLQVZzip9qVgpuQeKa4ywUXXOg">How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body (Before You Ever Feel It)</a> -- Jeff Wise. (This is the piece mistakenly referred to in this episode as an Atlantic article.) 5. <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Muslim-population-growth-slows/article10336665.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Muslim-population-growth-slows/article10336665.ece&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGnQdJeW2EeqoyqOtd7Kic0jwFdKQ">Muslim Population Growth Slows</a> -- Rukmini S & Vijaita Singh (2015). 6. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/7/26/episode-183-the-art-of-narrative-nonfiction-jbs-haldane/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/7/26/episode-183-the-art-of-narrative-nonfiction-jbs-haldane/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNG6FX_3ECI7MT8MmKuHxmGxCIszOA">The Art of Narrative Nonfiction</a> -- Episode 183 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Samanth Subramanian). 7. Raag Darbari (<a href="https://www.amazon.in/Rag-Darbari-Shrilal-Shukla/dp/8126713968/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=raag+darbari&qid=1603584669&smid=AT95IG9ONZD7S&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Rag-Darbari-Shrilal-Shukla/dp/8126713968/ref%3Dsr_1_2?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Draag%2Bdarbari%26qid%3D1603584669%26smid%3DAT95IG9ONZD7S%26sr%3D8-2&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHk67L1pcYmFYvyEZLmoPQYb8Xtqg">Hindi</a>) (<a href="https://www.amazon.in/Raag-Darbari-Shrilal-Shukla/dp/0143418890/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=raag+darbari&qid=1603584669&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Raag-Darbari-Shrilal-Shukla/dp/0143418890/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Draag%2Bdarbari%26qid%3D1603584669%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHhDkYPjtsgfMP0TSmZmlxXF7T4mQ">English</a>) -- Shrilal Shukla 8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/18/episode-195-memories-and-things/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/18/episode-195-memories-and-things/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNG3v8Mz_kShypkT9Ig3qHAf-aD3KA">Memories and Things</a> -- Episode 195 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aanchal Malhotra). 9. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/24/indias-coronavirus-lockdown-takes-toll-on-migrant-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/24/indias-coronavirus-lockdown-takes-toll-on-migrant-workers&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGz27MnjHvd5rV09ATAfRbtmLj51Q">India’s coronavirus lockdown takes toll on migrant workers</a> -- Rukmini S. 10. <a href="https://features.propublica.org/chicago-first-deaths/covid-coronavirus-took-black-lives-first/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://features.propublica.org/chicago-first-deaths/covid-coronavirus-took-black-lives-first/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNEc9-dxHCMI45OR_mLN9TpdLPS7lA">The First 100</a> -- The ProPublica investigation in Chicago. 11. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Ideology-Identity-Changing-Party-Systems-ebook/dp/B07GSDQQZX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KAOB93SFOQKR&keywords=ideology+and+identity&qid=1564163609&s=gateway&sprefix=ideology%2Caps%2C342&sr=8-1?tag=maswe-21" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Ideology-Identity-Changing-Party-Systems-ebook/dp/B07GSDQQZX/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D2KAOB93SFOQKR%26keywords%3Dideology%2Band%2Bidentity%26qid%3D1564163609%26s%3Dgateway%26sprefix%3Dideology%252Caps%252C342%26sr%3D8-1?tag%3Dmaswe-21&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHd1xJlCzfTRa5wH-RL_EO1PEbY-g">Ideology and Identity</a> -- Pradeep K Chhibber and Rahul Verma. 12. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/7/29/episode-131-political-ideology-in-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/7/29/episode-131-political-ideology-in-india/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNH0kIQXGVhDcUrAFQu1SB6mMegRcQ">Political Ideology in India</a> -- Episode 131 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rahul Verma). 13. <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/somesh-jha" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/somesh-jha&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNFEkhFMf9OKL10t9iH0LO7t5kICig">Somesh Jha at </a><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/somesh-jha" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/somesh-jha&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNFEkhFMf9OKL10t9iH0LO7t5kICig">Business Standard</a>.14. <a href="http://covid19india.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Covid19india.org&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNE2nAFz9P10mXiiKRQrE9fjVcFtRA">Covid19india.org</a>. 15. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNE-ef-NCyhfIHpThXQslWSOUmCH1g">Taking Stock of Covid-19</a> -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 16. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGsPF6Egg_tx3b4n5-0q0R9KUypvA">The Nuances of Lockdown</a> -- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani). 17. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHpTXy4h_4DhStydl_0gFpNx5jT7Q">India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19</a> -- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 18. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/9/20/episode-191-our-cities-after-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/9/20/episode-191-our-cities-after-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNFx0UW84Wj4ZqCMhyN2QdlH0BQB7A">Our Cities After Covid-19</a> -- Episode 191 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vaidehi Tandel). 19. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/2/episode-136-data-journalism-and-indian-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/2/episode-136-data-journalism-and-indian-politics/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNErTw9FFAKKabY2c9OhC9BElCNG7w">Data Journalism and Indian Politics</a> -- Episode 136 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Roshan Kishore). 20. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/11/episode-46-the-state-of-the-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/11/episode-46-the-state-of-the-media/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNECOMP_qU1QQuntDk4fLqfkZ6S3eA">The State of the Media</a> -- Episode 46 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prem Panicker). 21. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/8/episode-89-the-state-of-the-media-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/8/episode-89-the-state-of-the-media-2/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNHn1uL8d72Gt5goQD6qjFdIh30Hwg">The State of the Media 2</a> -- Episode 89 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sidharth Bhatia & Peter Griffin). 22. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/21/episode-178-what-happened-to-our-journalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/21/episode-178-what-happened-to-our-journalism/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNE48bFWBcsuGkSRULs-s7KKREF_EA">What Happened to Our Journalism?</a> -- Episode 178 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nidhi Razdan). And do check out Amit’s online course, <a href="https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/&source=gmail&ust=1603681777739000&usg=AFQjCNGj9R4ZxRDDlhmLHiUHQ2lsAB0Fzw">The Art of Clear Writing</a>.

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