A Discussion On Election Polling With Micah Cohen

    When:
    October 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    2020-10-20T19:00:00-04:00
    2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00
    Cost:
    Free
    A Discussion On Election Polling With Micah Cohen

    PLEASE USE THE LINK TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THE EVENT THROUGH ZOOM.

    The New England Newspaper & Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists New England Chapter are excited to present this free webinar geared towards editors and reporters covering the upcoming elections.

    Don Seiffert, Managing Editor of Boston Business Journal and SPJ New England Treasurer, will moderate a discussion with Micah Cohen, Managing Editor of FiveThirtyEight about the work FiveThirtyEight is doing to forecast the upcoming elections. After the discussion, there will be a Q&A with Micah.

    Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, owned by ABC News Internet Ventures, uses statistical analysis — hard numbers — to tell compelling stories about elections, politics, sports, science, economics, and lifestyle.

    Micah Cohen is FiveThirtyEight’s managing editor and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight at The New York Times.

    Don Seiffert is managing editor of the Boston business journal since 2016. He has been a full-time journalist in the Boston area for 24 years.