The New Republic has this story:
[David] Leonhardt will take over a new Times website located “at the nexus of data and news [that] will produce clear analytical reporting and writing on opinion polls, economic indicators, politics, policy, education, and sports”
Initial contributors will include Nate Cohn, Justin Wolfers, Amanda Cox and Michael Beschloss. We’re happy at The Monkey Cage to see this get off the ground. Political and policy journalism is going through a quiet transformation,...
Another crop of fresh apps and updates!
America’s Economy
How’s the recovery doing? Some of the U.S. economic numbers may have improved since last summer when the Department of Commerce opened this app warehouse of key indicators released from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Tap into America’s Economy app ( iOS Android) to track trends in manufacturing, employment, housing, inventory, international trade, sales, construction, and more....
