Harry Enten

Harry Enten
Born Harry Joe Enten
1988 (age 29–30)
Nationality American
Education B.A. Magna cum Laude Dartmouth College
Occupation Journalist
Known for Senior political writer and analyst for FiveThirtyEight
Senior Writer and Analyst for CNN Politics
Parent(s) Judge Harold Enten, Dr. Barbara E. Strassberg
Family Neil Sedaka (uncle). Louise Enten (sister), Nathaniel Enfield (nephew), Daniel Enfield (brother-in-law)

Harry Joe Enten (born 1988)[1] is an American journalist best known for his role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website FiveThirtyEight[2] and Senior Writer and Analyst for CNN Politics.[3] He was described by the Columbia Journalism Review as being of a new generation of political journalists, focusing on data-driven journalism instead of reporting from the campaign trail.[4]

On an episode of FiveThirtyEight's weekly politics podcast, Enten announced he was leaving the site, effective February 6, 2018.[5] He is employed by CNN as a senior political writer and analyst.[6]

Early life and education

Enten was raised in a Jewish family[1][7][8][9] in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City.[4] Harry was introduced to politics as a young child when his father, a NYS judge, would take him into the polling booth to help pull the levers for elections. He attended Riverdale Country School. He is the nephew of singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.[8]

Enten graduated from Dartmouth College Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 2011, having chosen the college at least partially due to New Hampshire's status as the first-in-the-nation primary.[9][10]

Enten began publishing a blog entitled Margin of Error, and held an internship at NBC News Political Unit in Washington, D.C.[9][4] Prior to working for FiveThirtyEight, Enten was a journalist for The Guardian.[4][11]

FiveThirtyEight

Along with Carl Bialik and Walter Hickey, Enten was one of the first people Nate Silver hired when FiveThirtyEight relaunched under ESPN.[4][12] He mostly wrote politics articles for FiveThirtyEight, but he occasionally wrote weather pieces. He announced on February 5, 2018, that he was leaving FiveThirtyEight to join CNN’s Politics team as a senior political writer and analyst.

Enten was also one of the co-hosts of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast.[13] alongside host Jody Avirgan and fellow co-hosts Nate Silver and Clare Malone.

References

  1. 1 2 "Everything You Need To Know About Fivethirtyeight's Harry Enten". Buzzfeed. January 30, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Harry Enten". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Harry Enten - Senior Writer and Analyst, CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Vernon, Pete (October 5, 2016). "FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid' Harry Enten represents the new generation of political journalist". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Politics Podcast: Has Trump Remade The GOP?". FiveThirtyEight. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Newsweek upheaval — NYT aims to be more transparent — Vegas paper killed Steve Wynn misconduct story — 538's 'Whiz Kid' to CNN". Politico. February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Enten, Harry J. (September 26, 2012). "Why I'm not on Twitter for Yom Kippur". The Guardian.
  8. 1 2 "Unorthodox Live With FiveThirtyEight's Harry Enten and 'How to Be a Muslim' Author Haroon Moghul". Tablet Magazine. October 19, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2018. Our Jew of the week is Harry Enten, senior political writer and analyst for FiveThirtyEight and a regular on the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast
  9. 1 2 3 Platt, Bill. "How Harry Enten '11 Became FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid'". Dartmouth News. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ Colomer, Josep M., ed. (2013). Personal Representation: The Neglected Dimension of Electoral Systems. ECPR Press. ISBN 9781907301575.
  11. ↑ Enten, Harry Joe. "Margin of Error". Blogspot. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. I am a graduate of Hanover, NH. I graduated with adegree in government summa cum laude with a concentration in statistics and elections. I have previously interned at the NBC Political Unit in Washington D.C. (Spring 2009) & Pollster.com (spring and summer 2010).
  12. ↑ Bhuiyan, Johana (November 13, 2013). "Guardian writer and number-cruncher Harry Enten goes to work for Nate Silver". Politico. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Politics Podcast – FiveThirtyEight". fivethirtyeight.com. Retrieved December 29, 2017.


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