I just want to mention the very nice work of Naël Shiab, with a lovely interactive notebook created to help journalists understand math concepts often used in news stories.
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Arthur Charpentier (November 2, 2023). Maths for journalists (and probably many others) by Naël Shiab. Freakonometrics. Retrieved July 22, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/ovn7