emily scherer

and with my time at @Forbes wrapping up, that means I am once again a free agent! 👋 Open to *remote* freelance, full time or part time. editorial design, art direction, photo illustrations, etc. 💌 DM's open, contact info on my site! let's work together! emilyscherer.com

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

icon! legend! current bracket leader among the 538 alum!

Goodnight !

how it feels to be both a fan of the hamster show and the pokemon go plane game this week.

RT for a chance to win this SIGNED AM13 jersey 🐐

@pocketlin @kelsaywhat the early seasons and the music when they would merge and leave their camp behind, the rites of passage, then when they would burn their camp at the end…it hits! and yes, the shell movie felt like it connected so deep in my soul and understood so many forms of grief. loved it

@kelsaywhat it was survivor for me. it’s like i blacked out for 6 months and all i can remember is watching the early seasons of survivor. then i watched marcel the shell and it felt like i could finally started to grieve.

if an unexpected movie has helped you put words to your grief i would love to hear about it.................

A vintage baseball graphic ⚾️

Snoopy stained glass

usually this stuff gets silly but this rocks

@rookiesigns @wnbaportland dare i say this art... 🔥?

welcome back @wnbaportland🌹

@eyeteegrl guy picciotto bird

this bird has eyebrows

@cleojo yesssss fiestaware! we were also a fiestaware fam

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 archives, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including polls/models and all story data. Totally unacceptable and a real betrayal of the public

Not sure what's next for me. I'm going to take some time off but then will be looking for ways to stay in political journalism. In the meantime, please hire my fantastic colleagues, and stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter: baseballot.substack.com/subscribe

Incredibly sad to report that ABC News is indeed eliminating 538. I count myself incredibly lucky to have worked with such incredibly smart, kind people for 7 years. Thank you all for coming along for the ride.

I’ve spent almost 3 years at 538 (started Pi Day 2022!), and sad to say that I and the rest of the team have been laid off. It’s been such a journey. I’m grateful that I got to work with and learn from so many talented, kind, intelligent, and dedicated people in that time.

Some good things do come to an end. 538/FiveThirtyEight came to an end today. My 6 years there were professionally and personally fulfilling beyond words. I want to thank all of my colleagues for making it an incredible experience and applaud all of their magnificent work.

On Wednesday, Disney decided to shut down 538 and lay off the entire staff, including me. Working with this talented, kind, fun and funny crew for the past 2 1/2 years has been a great (if way too short) ride. Fivey Fox forever!