Another civil servant analysed Channel crossing data obtained through freedom of information requests to see whether weather patterns explained fluctuations in 2022 crossing numbers, work that ultimately appeared on the BBC’s front page and in a television report.
A job listing for the 2027 secondment, which shut on Friday, said successful candidates would have “the ability to influence decision-making, working with credibility and proactively with customers to share knowledge and information”.
One civil servant, who works at the Department for Work and Pensions, recalled a “memorable moment…working with business journalists on the spring Budget”
She said one of her roles was to “advise journalists on the use of data and statistics in news stories”, adding the work “spanned multiple formats, online articles, television, radio, and podcasts, each with its own editorial style and constraints”.
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