FiveThirtyEight is seeking a data-savvy reporter to lead our coverage of the NFL. We’re looking for an enthusiastic writer who is well-versed in the game and all of its numbers — traditional statistics, advanced metrics and even deeper data (such as game-charting and player-tracking stats) that have emerged in recent seasons. The ideal candidate will […]
FiveThirtyEight is hiring an elections writer. This is a central role on our politics team heading into the 2018 and 2020 elections. It’s a job for someone who can help us execute and build on some of the things that FiveThirtyEight is best known for. Here’s what we’re looking for: Several years of experience writing […]
Want to be at the center of two of the most important elections in modern U.S. history? (And that’s just to start with.) Are you super organized, collaborative and hardworking? If so, we’ve got a job for you. FiveThirtyEight is seeking a politics editor to help lead our coverage of the 2018 and 2020 elections. […]
FiveThirtyEight is seeking a reporter to lead our coverage of Major League Baseball. As the original data-friendly sport, baseball is core to our sports coverage — both during the season and throughout the offseason. We’re looking for a creative writer with a passion for baseball and a firm grasp of the sport’s statistics. This includes […]
Over the summer, FiveThirtyEight published two stories on broadband internet access in the U.S. that were based on a data set made public by academic researchers who had acquired data from Catalist, a well-known political data firm. After further reporting, we can no longer vouch for the academics’ data set. The preponderance of evidence we’ve […]