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Wilson Lowrey, Ryan Broussard &#38; Lindsey A. Sherrill (2019)Newspaper Research Journal.  40(1), pp. 69-82 Abstract. This study explores the level  of scrutiny data journalists from national, local, traditional and  digital outlets apply to data sets and data categories, and reasons that  scrutiny varies. The study applies a sociology  of quantification framework that assumes a tendency for data categories  to become “black-boxed,” or taken-for-granted and unquestioned. Results  of in-depth interviews with 15 data journalists suggested these  journalists were more concerned with data accessibility  and ease of use than validity of data categories, though this varied  across outlet size and level of story complexity.Keywords: data journalism,  accuracy, attribution of news, political autonomy, freedom of  information, sociology of quantificationLink to the review