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Roger Pielke, Jr. has joined ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight as a contributor writer. He will be writing about science, innovation and politics as well as sports governance. More information<\/a>.<\/p>\n Roger was also highlighted in Boulder’s Daily Camera<\/a>:<\/p>\n CU-Boulder professor Roger Pielke Jr. to contribute to FiveThirtyEight<\/strong> University of Colorado professor Roger Pielke Jr. has been hired as a contributing writer to FiveThirtyEight, the new data journalism website that launched this week.<\/p>\n The site is owned by ESPN and is the brainchild of statistician Nate Silver, who gained national attention with his predictions ahead of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.<\/p>\n FiveThirtyEight will feature content about politics, economics, science, life and sports, Silver has said.<\/p>\n Pielke, who’s a professor of environmental studies and also directs CU’s Center for Science, Technology, Policy and Research, said he will only write occasionally about climate, which is his academic specialty.<\/p>\n “I have been writing on my own blog about sports and politics and economics and science, so I think I’ll continue doing that,” he said.<\/p>\n Pielke said he’s known Silver for several years, and that at some point “it made sense” for Pielke to become a regular contributor to the site.<\/p>\n He said he will write a feature every other week.<\/p>\n Silver’s site is part of a growing number of new media websites that have been forming within the last year.<\/p>\n Former Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein has co-founded Vox, which describes itself as a “general news site for the 21st century.” Former New York Times opinion columnist and executive editor Bill Keller recently became editor-in-chief of the Marshall Project, a new nonprofit news site that will cover the criminal justice system<\/p>\n Pielke said it’s exciting to be writing for a brand new site during a time when journalism is in flux.<\/p>\n “I’ve been blogging for 10 years, and when blogging first started, it was kind of exciting and new and different,” Pielke said. “This kind of feels like that did.<\/p>\n “You’re not sure what it’s going to become or what it is, but for me, I’m really excited to have a front-row seat as an observer and a participant.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roger Pielke, Jr. has joined ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight as a contributor writer. He will be writing about science, innovation and politics as well as sports governance. More information. Roger was also highlighted in Boulder’s Daily Camera: CU-Boulder professor Roger Pielke Jr. … Continue reading
\nRoger Pielke Jr. to write for new data journalism site founded by Nate Silver<\/em>
\nBy Sarah Kuta, Camera Staff Writer
\nMarch 18, 2013<\/p>\n