Thursday, March 20, 2014

Data Wizard Relaunches New Site



Statistician genius, Nate Silver, has relaunched his FiveThirtyEight website.  Most familiarly known for accurately predicting each state in the 2012 election, the site has been published under ESPN ownership.  Silver says the site will offer more than politics and sports, he claims to cover science, economics, and lifestyle as well.  Silver argues that his 2012 predictions are overrated, and that his new team includes more data visualization and computer programming tactics.  By spanning more coverage areas, he hopes the site will increase popularity and branch away from the 2012 hype.  While “explanatory journalism” has recently increased, Silver claims his staff is “unique and weird nerds, essentially outsiders.” 

 http://www.newsweek.com/data-wizard-nate-silvers-new-site-launches-under-espn-ownership-232154

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is a pretty cool technology. It will be interesting seeing what other things the technology can cover in a more specific way. It is always crazy to see how technology continues to grow in the world today. I have no idea how computer programming works but it is interesting seeing what people can do with it to advance things in our society.