In defense of polling
Pollsters have been popular pinatas this week for "missing" the Trump movement. But many of…
November 9, 2016
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Here’s the storyline behind The Washington Post’s Storyline
When Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron congratulated the team of writers and editors behind…
July 22, 2014
Nate Silver: Pulitzer-winning newspapers aren’t immune to circulation losses
FiveThirtyEight A newspaper's Pulitzer Prize count has very little effect on its circulation losses, Nate…
April 15, 2014
What it takes to create a new kind of journalism
During the night, I tossed and turned over this question: What does it take to…
April 7, 2014
Why journalism startups should look past traditional talent pools
The launch of Nate Silver's new, ESPN-funded version of FiveThirtyEight is here, with its data-centric…
March 20, 2014
FiveThirtyEight and the rise of the lengthy personal-brand manifesto
Along with the rise of the personal brand has come the rise of the personal…
March 17, 2014
FiveThirtyEight launches, promises to break news ‘rarely’
FiveThirtyEight The new FiveThirtyEight launched Monday under ESPN's auspices. In an article welcoming readers, Editor-in-Chief…
March 17, 2014
Wolcott: Journalism now requires being ‘a helicopter parent to your own career’
James Wolcott writes about "Name-Brand" journalists like Ezra Klein and Nate Silver: In some college…
March 14, 2014
NYT’s Leonhardt: The Upshot staff will ‘serve as navigators for the news’
Facebook | Mashable | The Guardian David Leonhardt explains his vision for his upcoming "startup"…
March 13, 2014
FiveThirtyEight to relaunch March 17
Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight will relaunch March 17, ESPN President John Skipper announced Saturday at South…
March 8, 2014
How to avoid Nate Silver’s ‘crap quadrant’
In an excerpt from a story about Nate Silver's planned relaunch of FiveThirtyEight.com, Jack Dickey…
March 6, 2014
Skepticism about Ezra Klein is the new being happy for Ezra Klein
Many media observers initially greeted news that star blogger Ezra Klein planned to form a…
January 28, 2014
Nate Silver’s site hires Tampa Bay Times managing editor
ESPN | SaintPetersBlog Tampa Bay Times Managing Editor Mike Wilson will be managing editor of…
November 19, 2013
Nate Silver: Eight cool things journalists should know about statistics
Journalists need to bring science and forecasting into their news coverage, despite the fact that…
October 18, 2013
Mike Allen is the journalist most followed on Twitter by members of Congress
New York There's not much overlap in the Top 10 entities that Republican and Democratic…
September 3, 2013
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