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FiveThirtyEight’s ‘Whiz Kid’ Harry Enten represents the new generation of political journalist - Columbia Journalism Review
Curated:
08/10/2016 from
www.cjr.org/special_report/harry_enten_fivethirtyeight_nate_silver_election.php?utm_content=buffer3d4f4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
my notes ( ? )
With its reliance on polling data over source cultivation and number crunching over narrative, FiveThirtyEight... is at the forefront of a shift in the way political journalism is practiced.... being an outsider, maybe you’re able to call B.S. a little easier. That’s a helpful role to have....
the site attracted nearly 10 million unique visitors last month, and the elections podcast was downloaded by almost eight million listeners over the same period
numbers can lead you to something, and then you can go out and use traditional reporting and figure out why that is, what is going on.
the site attracted nearly 10 million unique visitors last month, and the elections podcast was downloaded by almost eight million listeners over the same period
numbers can lead you to something, and then you can go out and use traditional reporting and figure out why that is, what is going on.
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