----The Man, The Myth, The Nate Silver----
The Who:
Nate Silver is the founder of Five Thirty Eight News (538) and one of the premier political analysts of our time. He started the company based on trends he noticed in the sports world, while working for ESPN. Specializing in data crunching, Mr. Silver would go on to found a strictly numerical new organization.
The What:
The problem Mr. Silver found with conventional news organizations was the lack of significant figures, and numbers to back up or explain breaking news stories. It is with this perceived misstep that Mr. Silver would go on to establish one of the first statistical analysis based news networks. This leads us to the purpose of the news organization and his work. Mr. Silver sought to break down polarization with real facts and statistical reasoning in an attempt to understand one of the most confusing cities on Earth, Washington D.C.
The How:
The blog is organized i a very professional manner with articles and opinion editorials in the center with fun and interesting stat lines off to the margins. Opinion editorials are scattered throughout in order to provide some more commentary as opposed to factual analysis. In its totality the site has a semi-professional tone with a bit of fun loving advantageous undertones.
Nate Silver is the founder of Five Thirty Eight News (538) and one of the premier political analysts of our time. He started the company based on trends he noticed in the sports world, while working for ESPN. Specializing in data crunching, Mr. Silver would go on to found a strictly numerical new organization.
The What:
The problem Mr. Silver found with conventional news organizations was the lack of significant figures, and numbers to back up or explain breaking news stories. It is with this perceived misstep that Mr. Silver would go on to establish one of the first statistical analysis based news networks. This leads us to the purpose of the news organization and his work. Mr. Silver sought to break down polarization with real facts and statistical reasoning in an attempt to understand one of the most confusing cities on Earth, Washington D.C.
The How:
The blog is organized i a very professional manner with articles and opinion editorials in the center with fun and interesting stat lines off to the margins. Opinion editorials are scattered throughout in order to provide some more commentary as opposed to factual analysis. In its totality the site has a semi-professional tone with a bit of fun loving advantageous undertones.