Nate Silver Staffs Up as the Relaunch of FiveThirtyEight Takes Shape

Nate Silver's newest incarnation of FiveThirtyEight is beginning to take shape, with the former New York Times data journalist publishing a blog post detailing hiring developments as well as the vision for the site.

The new FiveThirtyEight, which will be relaunched under partnerships with ESPN and ABC, will go beyond politics and elections to bring data journalism to "almost any topic in the news."

"Our idea is that the site's mission will be defined by how we cover the news rather than what we cover," Silver wrote in a blog post.

"What is data journalism? In one sense, data journalism can refer to the application of statistics and other quantitative methods toward issues in the news. Plenty of us are "stat geeks" at FiveThirtyEight. However, our methods will also include data visualization; the development of interactive graphics and features; and investigative and explanatory reporting, especially as applied to publicly-available data sets." Read more...