A new framework for media polling analysis

Dear readers,

ABC News announced on Friday that they are hiring me as their new “Editorial Director of Data Analytics” effective late June. This new role will let me focus on all of the favorite parts of my current job at The Economist — reporting on new public opinion polls, building aggregation models for the horse race and a wide range of political issues, and forecasting election outcomes for the US House, Senate, and presidency — as well as apply those skills to other areas of data journalism and gain experience in helping establish the overriding goals a newsroom.

Much of the precise day-to-day responsibilities are yet to be fully hammered out, partially due to an ongoing restructuring of the relationship between 538 and ABC News, but I know I’ll be working with the team at FiveThirtyEight to build interactive content around these (and other, non-political) models, help guide their data-driven coverage of politics and elections, and contribute to the 538 politics podcast and other…