Math Across the Curriculum...
Journalism and Math

Do math and journalism mix? Yes. Everyday.

Journalists say sometimes seriously, sometimes jokingly, that they entered the profession so they wouldn't have to do a lot of math.

Fortunately or unfortunately, most working reporters have to deal with math every day.

A good reporter knows how to calculate a ratio, figure an average, locate a median and compute a percentage.

These websites can be helpful for journalists:



Prepared 2005, updated 2009, by Dr. Anthony Curtis
Mass Communications Department, University of North Carolina at Pembroke