David Firestone will join FiveThirtyEight later in March as managing editor. He had previously been on the editorial board at The New York Times since May 2010. Before that, he served as an assistant national news editor at NYT. He was also previously a correspondent in the Washington, D.C. bureau focusing on national taxation, Congress and the budget. Like FiveThirtyEight on Facebook for more data driven journalism.

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