''The Upshot'' is a website published by ''

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'' which spreads articles combining

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with conventional journalistic analysis of news.

History

''The Upshot'' was first announced in March 2014 and was officially launched on April 22, 2014. Steve Duenes, a graphics director at the ''New York Times'', won a newsroom contest by coming up with the name "The Upshot". The site started with fifteen full-time staff, including founding editor

David Leonhardt David Leonhardt (born January 1, 1973) is an American journalist and columnist. Since April 30, 2020, he has written the daily "The Morning" newsletter for ''The New York Times''. He also contributes to the paper's Sunday Review section. His col ...

. Because ''The Upshot'' was launched soon after

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and ''

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'' left the ''Times'', it was widely described as a planned replacement for ''FiveThirtyEight'' and Silver. However, Leonhardt stated in an April 2014 interview that ''The Upshot'' was not intended to replace Silver. In 2014, ''The Upshot'' produced two of the twenty most-read stories on the ''Times'' website, and it was responsible for 5% of the paper's web traffic in October of that year. Also in 2014, the site was a finalist for an

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in the category "Online Commentary, Large Newsroom", but it lost to ''

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''s

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. In 2016,

Amanda Cox Amanda Cox is an American journalist and head of special data projects at USAFacts. Until January 2022 she was the editor of the ''New York Times'' data journalism section ''The Upshot''. Cox helps develop and teach data journalism courses at th ...

, who had been a founding member of ''The Upshot'', replaced Leonhardt as its editor.

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