Editor of @nytimes’s The Upshot. Previously: @nytsports, @nytpolitics, @nytclimate, @mashable, @priceisright trip winner.
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It's the honor of a lifetime to lead the best team in journalism: the reporters, editors and technologists at The Upshot.
Our mission is simple: help people understand the news — and find new ways to explain the world we're living in.
We're thrilled to announce that Jonathan Ellis is our next editor of The Upshot. nytco.com/press/jonathan-ell…
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There is still more everything to see
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New @nytimes job just posted: Come help The Upshot explain the news!
We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations.
If you're at #NICAR26, come say hi.
Details here: nytco.com/careers/job-listin…
See what we're up to at nytimes.com/upshot, and if you like what you see sign up for our newsletter here: nytimes.com/newsletters/sign…
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We cover everything: politics, policy, everyday life, even @NYTGames. And we have a lot of fun doing it!
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~ Today’s BIGGEST news ~
We're excited to announce that @jonathanellis is joining the team at @UpshotNYT nytco.com/press/jonathan-ell…
I was a very, very small part of @NYTSports’s long, acclaimed and important history, but I’ll always be proud to say that I was. Thank you to all of my sports colleagues who welcomed me with open arms for the past 2.5+ years. ❤️
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Nikola Jokic had 14 assists for the Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA finals. Can you pass as well as he does? Put yourself to the test. nyti.ms/3qpt3mD
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It is "hire the NYT fellows before someone else does" season, and if you're a Sports editor, your draft clock starts now on Kris, who is a dogged reporter and a delight to edit:
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In response to a report in The New York Times on the treatment of women who work for the NFL, the attorneys general of New York and California opened a joint investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and pay inequities at both offices. nyti.ms/42tHmnX
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It might be the greatest victory of Boston and the world running community that the marathon bombings a decade ago had far from an overwhelming presence in Monday’s race, @mattfutterman writes.
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Come for the calamari investigation, stay for the quote from Calamari Man from the 2020 Democratic National Convention
Food takes blame a lot in sports. So when a UConn player said he got sick from calamari, @andrewkeh went to the restaurant, tried it, and got receipts for UConn's meals. The results of our investigation, sans paywall for this important squid journalism. nytimes.com/2023/04/04/sport…
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Athletes love pouring water on each others' heads.
My report from March Madness (with great work from the NYT design team): nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
I have thoughts on this, which you will see once you answer
“In the ‘One Shining Moment’ music video after the men’s championship game, when will the announcer’s call of ‘FDU believe it?’ be played?”
See how well you can predict just about everything about the Final Four: nyti.ms/3M5gtBA
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Answer nine questions, achieve bracket redemption nyti.ms/3FXKI9O
The Bing chatbot had the right idea in predicting that we’d have a men’s Final Four without any No. 1 seeds... (picking Baylor and Duke, not so much) nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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On the 27th anniversary of the original Michigan, a former Wolverine reprises the move for a goal against the Islanders nhl.com/video/c-16163444