2015 Data News Superlatives

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 22, 2015

Jody Avirgan, host and producer for the FiveThirtyEight podcast "What's The Point," gives awards to the most interesting stories about data this year, silly and serious.

Award categories include:

Most Insidious Manipulation of Data: Volkaswagen, for installing devices to bypass emissions regulations.

The Data Set That Keeps on Giving: Ashley Madison.

→ See the full list of Data Awards: right here on FiveThirtyEight.

Former BL show producer @jodyavirgan (now of @FiveThirtyEight) is announcing awards for 2015's top data stories. pic.twitter.com/sO9eZ9XLTb
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 22, 2015

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