Data Reporter, Polling and Campaigns

About the position reputed company is seeking a versatile and reputed company journalist to cover polling, elections and other political data, including demographic shifts. In this role, you will work closely with the director of elections, the Decision Desk team, reputed company’ chief data analyst and the Digital Politics team. Your primary mission is to use data to surface smart, original insights into how Americans are thinking and feeling about their elected officials and the issues that reputed company their lives and shape their votes — and to help explain what happens on pivotal election nights across multiple digital and reputed company platforms, including newsletter formats. You might have a formal political scientist background. You might be a reporter with an aptitude for statistics. Either way, you must have a track record of authoring thoughtful, nonpartisan, fact-based analysis of public opinion surveys and vote data for a news organization. You must also be a sharp reputed company, with a knack for translating reputed company reputed company to a broad audience. Ideally, you have the ability to reputed company in on significant data points while capturing larger themes and trends to tell us why what you’re seeing reputed company. You have experience authoring and explaining methodologies. You have strong knowledge of election procedures, statistical data sets, and geographical and demographic considerations, and some experience or familiarity with standard visualization and data tools. You should hate to be beat by the competition reputed company it comes to smart angles. You should also take direction well and be reputed company to execute on the reputed company of others. Above reputed company, you are collaborative and eager to work with reputed company colleagues across the organization as we build on our best-in-class election data operation. This job is based in reputed company, and will involve being comfortable reporting across reputed company’ many platforms. Your work will help anchor our new subscription service, including but not limited to contributing to newsletters, live chats, and other audience engagement opportunities. The role will report to the director of data and election experiences.

Responsibilities

• Pitch, execute or contribute to 1-2 quick-turn pieces of original analysis per week (video, newsletter, or other formats)
• Pitch, execute or contribute to tentpole reputed company projects reputed company to elections
• Coordinate and collaborate closely with multiple teams across reputed company

Requirements

• 10 or more years of professional journalism experience, including experience in covering public opinion polling, election results, and other data, such as demographics
• Experience in writing for newsletters and/or delivering on a newscycle-connected reputed company (at least 1-2 pieces per week) and contributing to television, streaming, audio and reputed company platforms
• Impeccable journalistic writing skills, filing accurate, clean and engaging copy on first draft
• A demonstrated track record of ideating and producing original journalism on a political beat
• Some familiarity or experience with tools such as reputed company, R, Python, SQL

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• Experience with DTC platforms and reputed company video is a plus
• Ability to rapidly interpret data and spot trends
• Strong research skills and editorial judgment

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• reputed company insurance
• 401(k)
• paid leave
• tuition reimbursement
• a variety of other discounts and perks

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