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emily scherer

graphic designer + art director
📍brooklyn, ny / 🏠 san diego, ca

currently

🎨 @ fivethirtyeight

previously

👟@ nike
🤝 @ sypartners
🎓 @ risd_gd (’17)

often

📺 survivor
🎶 fugazi
⚽️ uswnt


👋 🌹 here to make friends

💌 hello (at) emilyscherer.com
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Did Your Appearance Become An Issue? To understand what it’s really like to try and win an election as a woman, we spoke to women from every state who have done it How Did Media Talk About Your Gender? The Way Most States Elect Candidates Isn’t Very Good for Women What’s The Worst Sexism You Experienced In Politics? In General, Are American Voters Sexist? What Advice Would You Give To Women Running Today?
Why France Is The World Cup Favorite. (Don’t Worry — The U.S. Is A Close Second.) 2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Can The U.S. Women Keep Up Their European Conquest? Can The Midfield Carry The U.S. Women’s National Team Past France? How Close Is The Rest Of The World To Catching The U.S.? The USWNT Is On To The Next Challenge — With An Eye On France The U.S. Women Made Soccer History In Wildly Entertaining Fashion
illustrations by marina esmeraldo

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Trump Has Made U.S. Policy Much More Resistant To Immigration — Without The Wall Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us From Climate Change Yet Why QAnon Has Attracted So Many White Evangelicals Why The Republican Party Isn’t Rebranding After 2020 How ‘Never Trumpers’ Crashed The Democratic Party Why Being ‘Anti-Media’ Is Now Part Of The GOP Identity Musicians Are Suffering Without Concerts To Play Americans Were Already Primed To Distrust Elections. Then Came Iowa. The Voters Who Don’t Like Trump Or Biden Here’s How We Know 2019 Was The Second-Hottest Year Ever 1968 Isn’t The Only Parallel For This Political Moment What If Trump Loses And Won’t Leave? Don’t Expect A Quick Recovery. Our Survey Of Economists Says It Will Likely Take Years. Tracking Every Presidential Candidate’s TV Ad Buys How Trump Changed America What We Know About Crises And Domestic Violence — And What That Could Mean For COVID-19 When Proof Is Not Enough All The Elections To Watch In 2021 Everything You Need To Know About The 2019 Elections The Louisiana Governor’s Race Looks Really Close Congressional Republicans Left Office In Droves Under Trump. Just How Conservative Are Their Replacements? Everyone Knows Money Influences Politics … Except Scientists Police Are Killing Fewer People In Big Cities, But More In Suburban And Rural America GOP Politicians Are Much More Resistant To Gun Control Than GOP Voters Are No Terrorist Is A ‘Lone Wolf’ The Narrow Path For Black Politicians Who Want To Be President — And How It’s Changing Can Congress Vote Remotely? Well … Maybe. Why A Voting App Won’t Solve Our Problems This November Our New Polling Averages Show Biden Leads Trump By 9 Points Nationally Political Confessional: I Think Private Schools Should Be Banned How 13 Rejected States Would Have Changed The Electoral College What Our Inbox Tells Us About How Democrats Are Tackling Trump Fact-Checking Misinformation Can Work. But It Might Not Be Enough. It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary Biden Is (Still) Leading Cable News Coverage Why Revoking Trump’s Executive Orders Isn’t Enough To Undo Their Effects How Much Longer Can This Era Of Political Gridlock Last? Biden Is Polling Better Than Clinton At Her Peak Technical Difficulties On Election Day Won’t Mean Democracy Is Over America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History How To Make Good New Year’s Resolutions How Americans — And Democratic Candidates — Feel About Letting Felons Vote How Popular Is Joe Biden? Democrats Are Winning The Fundraising Race In The Senate How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide How The Two-Party System Obscures The Complexity Of Black Americans’ Politics How The Politics Of White Liberals And White Conservatives Are Shaped By Whiteness Few States Are Prepared To Switch To Voting By Mail. That Could Make For A Messy Election. Why Pennsylvania’s Vote Count Could Change After Election Night What Absentee Voting Looked Like In All 50 States Why Four Pivotal Swing States Likely Won’t Be Called On Election Night North Carolina Is Already Rejecting Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots More Often Than White Voters’ How The Post Office Became A Political Football Why Did Republicans Outperform The Polls Again? Two Theories. How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics What If We Already Have The Mueller Report? The Death Of Polling Is Greatly Exaggerated How To Read Polls In 2020 What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020 How A Supreme Court Ruling Could Supercharge Republicans’ Advantages In The States The Loudest Places You Can’t Hear Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong. No, LaCroix Isn’t Poisoning You Like You’re A Giant Cockroach Remembering Alex Trebek, The Man With All The Answers How To Watch The Midterms: An Hour-By-Hour Guide The 2020 Endorsement Primary Our Presidential Primary System Is An Accident How The Modern Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics There Has To Be A Better Way To Pick Presidential Nominees … Right? Why A Trump-Led Third Party Is Unlikely The CDC Is Publishing Unreliable Data On Gun Injuries. People Are Using It Anyway. Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault Conspiracy Theories Can’t Be Stopped How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating How FiveThirtyEight’s 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did How The National Enquirer Covered Trump In The ’90s Can Democrats Win On Immigration Policy In 2020? Political Confessional: The Man Who Thinks Mass Surveillance Can Work The Worst Tweeter In Politics Isn’t Trump

fivethirtyeight coronavirus coverage

So You Got Vaccinated … And Then You Got COVID. Now What? Why Even A Small Thanksgiving Is Dangerous How To Make Indoor Air Safer How To Make Sure People Come Back For Their Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Why Did The World Shut Down For COVID-19 But Not Ebola, SARS Or Swine Flu? Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* What Are The Possible Side Effects Of Trump’s COVID-19 Treatment? There Are Not Enough COVID-19 Tests. There Are Also Too Many COVID-19 Tests. Our New COVID-19 Podcast Helps You Know What To Trust In A World Of Uncertainty Coronavirus Is A Big Problem For The Biden And Sanders Campaigns Which Cities Have The Biggest Racial Gaps In COVID-19 Testing Access? America’s Social Safety Net Wasn’t Ready For The Coronavirus Crisis Where The Latest COVID-19 Models Think We’re Headed — And Why They Disagree Trump Has An Elevated Risk Of Severe COVID-19. But It Helps To Be The President. COVID-19 Reminded Us Of Just How Unequal America Is One Chart Isn’t Going To Tell You When The Pandemic Peaked

fivethirtyeight sports illustrations

What Each WNBA Team Needs From This Year’s Draft The NWSL Is About To Crown A Brand-New Champion Do We Even Need Minor League Baseball? The Dodgers Have Triggered The Super Sports Equinox In LA The Draft Hopefuls Who Can Fill Each WNBA Team’s Needs Inside The Political Donation History Of Wealthy Sports Owners How The Best NBA Teams Juggle Their Lineups These 3 NBA Draft Prospects Are Perfect Fits For The Modern League 25 Years Of Super Bowl Halftime Show Lineups, Ranked How Do College Football Dynasties Fall? What To Watch For In The 2020-21 NBA Season What If The National League Had A DH? The Most Absurd College Football Bowls, Ranked (Using Math!) Why Is Bryce Harper’s Old Team Ahead Of Bryce Harper’s New Team? Build An NBA Contender With Our Roster-Shuffling Machine Steve Young Was The Better QB. We Apologize, Joe Montana. We Put Bryce Harper And Manny Machado On A Bunch Of Different Teams The WNBA Players Who Might Swing Their Teams’ Fortunes This Season Nomar Garciaparra’s Full Career Wasn’t Enough For Cooperstown — But It Was Still Damn Good We Tried To Predict Which Word Amanda Gorman Would Say First At The Super Bowl Batters Are Getting Plunked At Historic Rates. But Why? How The NHL’s New Format Changed The Stanley Cup Race Who’s Who In The NBA Bubble: The Teams Just Along For The Ride Will The Mystics Repeat? Will The Storm Surge? What To Watch In The WNBA Bubble. The Winners And Losers In Our Updated NBA Forecast we're live blogging game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals we're live blogging the first round of the ncaa tournament we're live blogging super bowl LV we're live blogging super bowl LIII Who Are The Favorites In The 2019 NFL Season? The Dodgers Lead Our National League Predictions, But Don’t Count Out The Nats Or … Reds? The Longhorns Are Usually Good At Football And Basketball. Now, They Stink At Both. Who Are The NBA’s Best Defenders Right Now? We Still Don’t Know Which NFL Teams Are Any Good Does The Road To The Stanley Cup Lead Through Florida … Again? The Magic Of Nick Foles Is Real. Maybe. The Suns Are On Fire, The Sixers Are Reeling, And Other Lessons From The NBA Bubble Captain Obvious Is Probably Winning Your Bracket Pool The NBA Playoffs Are Here. And We Have Thoughts. Should The NBA Be Worried About TV Ratings? Reddit Activity Says So. 2021 WNBA Predictions 2020-21 NBA Predictions Which NBA Contracts Were Gems This Season, And Which Were Stinkers? How MLB Could Squeeze Extra Games Into A Shortened Season Is College Football Abandoning The Punt Return? What To Watch For In One Of The Most Intriguing World Series Ever Shohei Ohtani’s Value Has No Precedent
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