Analyst Talk - Abigail W – The Storytelling Analyst

About this episode

Abigail discusses her journey into law enforcement analysis and the importance of storytelling and qualitative data in her work.

Abigail shares her unique journey from journalism and marketing into law enforcement analysis. She discusses how storytelling became one of her greatest analytical strengths, why qualitative data can be just as powerful as statistics, and what it was like building an analysis program from the ground up in an agency that had never had an analyst before. Abigail also discusses her work supporting child exploitation and human trafficking investigations, the growing threat of online extremist groups targeting children, peer support for first responders, and the importance of networking across the profession.

People in this episode

Guest: Abigail

Topics covered

• storytelling in analysis
• qualitative data
• law enforcement
• child exploitation
• human trafficking
• networking
• peer support

Keywords

• law enforcement analysis
• storytelling
• qualitative data
• child exploitation
• human trafficking
• online extremism
• peer support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: law enforcement, child exploitation, human trafficking, online extremist groups, first responders

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