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Sarah Scire and Laura Hazard OwenApril 25, 2023

Disney is shrinking FiveThirtyEight, and Nate Silver (and his models) are leaving

Silver on ABC: “They have limited rights to some models post–license term, but not the core election forecast stuff.”

Nicholas DiakopoulosNovember 8, 2022

There’s a 68 in 100 chance you’ll read this article about the audience for FiveThirtyEight-style election predictions

In other words, the odds are pretty good — but it’s far from a lock.

To cover voting and all its “subplots” over the next three weeks, FiveThirtyEight turns to a “slower-than-usual liveblog”

Joshua BentonJuly 28, 2020

This is how FiveThirtyEight is trying to build the right amount of uncertainty into its 2020 election data analysis

Our analysis finds a 99 percent chance someone will still complain about it.

Joshua BentonOctober 31, 2018

This new project wants to do for news trust what FiveThirtyEight does for polls: Aggregate a bunch of signals into something meaningful

“The goal is to make those signals more useful and to help platforms…make better, more informed decisions about ranking and ad purchases — which we hope will help drive both promotion and financial support to quality news and away from disinformation, misinformation, and junk.”

Ricardo BiltonJune 16, 2016

For its new personal finance podcast, FiveThirtyEight set up voicemail to hear from listeners

“There’s a key aspect to all of this policy discussion that’s about our everyday lives, and it’s important to make that connection in a very visceral way.”

Justin EllisOctober 23, 2013

“We want people to do their own thinking”: What Nate Silver’s looking for at the new, ESPN-housed FiveThirtyEight

Silver says he wants a mix of features and the daily metabolism of blogging. Finding people who can do both is tricky.

Jonathan StrayOctober 31, 2012

Data, uncertainty, and specialization: What journalism can learn from FiveThirtyEight’s election coverage

Nate Silver’s number-crunching blog is perceived as a threat by some traditional political reporters — but its model has lessons for all journalists.

June 3, 2010

Links on Twitter: FiveThirtyEight to move to the NYT, PDF10 kicks off, Hearst acquires iCrossing

June 3, 2010

Articles of incorporation: Nate Silver and Jim Roberts on the NYT’s absorption of FiveThirtyEight