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Articles tagged FiveThirtyEight (55)

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 26, 2016

Inside ESPN’s mobile strategy: “If we’re thinking about anything else, we’re failing the audience”

“Mobile is everything,” says Chad Millman, ESPN’s vice president and editorial director for domestic digital content.

Nicholas QuahFebruary 2, 2016

Hot Pod: Podcasts about podcasts, a new player in sports audio, and a crowded election-podcast space

“I worry about big money pouring into podcasting…I really, really hope that all the money pouring into podcasting won’t bury tiny, weird independent podcasts.”

Nieman Lab StaffOctober 30, 2015

ESPN abruptly shuts down Grantland “effective immediately”

Less than six months after saying ESPN had a long-term commitment to the site. ESPN is facing cutbacks driven by the enormous amount it’s paid for sports broadcast rights in recent years.

Shan WangJuly 13, 2015

S is for “secure”: Why news organizations are ditching (or should ditch) HTTP for HTTPS

Only a small subset of news organizations currently use HTTPS to secure their connections to readers, but a variety of incentives — from Google’s search rules to browser makers’ policies — are pushing them in that direction.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 17, 2015

“This is my dream job”: How one journalist became The Daily Signal’s first foreign correspondent

Foreign correspondents are few and far between these days, but the conservative site produced by the Heritage Foundation just hired one based in Ukraine.

Melody KramerMay 15, 2015

What, exactly, does it mean to be a member of a public radio station? Can that definition expand?

Melody Kramer is trying to build the next generation of supporters for public media by letting them contribute by sharing a skill as well as their credit card number.

“I know what Guns and Ammo is. I know what Road and Track is…I don’t know what Fusion is.”

Ken DoctorJuly 25, 2014

The newsonomics of how and why

When people talk about explanatory journalism, the focus is on new players like Vox and FiveThirtyEight, or on giants like the Times and the Post. But can connecting the dots trickle down to the local level?

Alberto CairoJuly 9, 2014

Alberto Cairo: Data journalism needs to up its own standards

The data visualization expert argues that FiveThirtyEight and Vox have overpromised and underdelivered — and that they need to treat their data with more scientific rigor.

When “data journalism” becomes “datum journalism”

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