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JOINT PRESENTATION OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS TO THE MEDIA. Ida Repovž Grabnar, Public Relations. Official statistics public good mirror of the society – should tell about “real life”, “real people”. Effective communication of official statistics
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JOINT PRESENTATION OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS TO THE MEDIA Ida Repovž Grabnar, Public Relations
Official statistics • public good • mirror of the society – should tell about “real life”, “real people”
Effective communication of official statistics • conversation/dialogue through data between users and statisticians • common, spoken, everyday language • interpretation of the data in a broad sense
Media – transmitters of the information • interested in phenomena in the society • not satisfied with raw data and “flat commentaries” • searching for broader meaning of data given by expert analysts
New communication policy in Statistics Slovenia • regular monthly press conferences • additional thematic press conferences: • presentation of phenomena by data of many statistical surveys • invited guests: academic professionals, expert analysts, policy-makers
Thematic press conferences Five press conferences in the last nine months, topics: • ageing of the population as forecast by projections • environmental statistics concerning the changing climate • sustainable development • young people • gender statistics
Press conference: Ageing of the population as forecast by projections • presentation of data of population projections by a statistician • presentation of the demographic situation in Slovenia and the future development given by an academic professor • analysis of general government expenditure as a result of demographic forecasts given by an expert analyst of the Governmental Institute of Macroeconomic Development and Analysis
Press conference: Young people • National conference "Living conditions of young people in Slovenia“ organised by the Governmental Office of Youth • presentation of the publication Young People in Slovenia by a statistician • analysis of the situation of young people in Slovenia given by the Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
Press conference: Sustainable development • presentation of the publication Sustainable Development in Slovenia by a statistician • analysis of the Slovenian situation given by an academic professor
Experiences of joint presentation a/good experiences: more interesting for the media, broader coverage by several media, increase in the confidence in official statistics, promotion of official statistics b/ unpleasant experience: possible attracting of criticism of official statistics by invited guests