Nate Cohn
{{short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nate Cohn
| birth_name = Nathan David Cohn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|8|16}}
| education = Whitman College (BA)
| occupation = Journalist
| employer = The New York Times
}}
Nathan David Cohn{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1455668232598302725?s=20 |title=Nate Cohn on Twitter: "my middle name is david btw"|date=2021-11-02 |website=Twitter |language=en-US |access-date=2021-11-02}} (born August 16, 1988) is an American journalist and chief political analyst for "The Upshot" at The New York Times. His reporting focuses on elections, public opinion, and demographics in the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/by/nate-cohn |title=Nate Cohn |date=2019-04-12 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=April 25, 2019}}{{Cite web|last=Chotiner|first=Isaac|title=Nate Cohn Explains What the Polls Got Wrong|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/nate-cohn-explains-what-the-polls-got-wrong|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=The New Yorker|language=en-us}}
Early life and education
Cohn was raised in Auburn, Washington, and graduated from Auburn High School in 2006. While still in high school, he became interested in analyzing the 2004 United States presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/01/meet-nate-cohn-new-york-times-new-young-gun-on-data-003282/|title=Meet Nate Cohn, New York Times' new young gun on data|work=Politico|first=Joe|last=Pompeo|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=25 October 2020}} He then studied at Whitman College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics in 2010.{{Cite news |url=https://www.whitman.edu/newsroom/whitman-magazine/whitman-magazine-winter-2015/wm-campus-news-feb-2015-x35192 |title=In Brief, page 2 |date=2015 |work=Whitman College |access-date=2019-04-25 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.whitman.edu/newsroom/archive/2010/whitman-wins-national-debate-title |title=Whitman wins national debate title |date=March 31, 2010 |publisher=Whitman College |access-date=April 25, 2019 |language=en}}
Career
After graduating from college, he began working at The Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. He was then recruited by The New Republic before being hired by David Leonhardt to work for The New York Times in November 2013. At the Times, he has worked with Amanda Cox on many of "The Upshot"{{'}}s election-related stories.{{Cite news |url=http://politi.co/1W2hCtg |title=Meet Nate Cohn, New York Times' new young gun on data |last=Pompeo |first=Joe |date=2015-01-06 |work=Politico |access-date=2019-04-25 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/11/one-election-winner-according-to-harvard-conference-the-pollsters/ |title=One election winner, according to Harvard conference: the pollsters |last=Milano |first=Brett |date=November 20, 2018 |work=Harvard Gazette |access-date=April 25, 2019 |language=en-US}}
Cohn has been a political commentator on CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and NPR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/nate-cohn|title=Nate Cohn|website=The New York Times|language=en|access-date=2020-01-30}} In addition to writing for The New York Times, Cohn has also written columns for the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and RealClearPolitics, among others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/nate_cohn/|title=Nate Cohn|website=RealClearPolitics|access-date=January 30, 2020}}
References
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External links
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Category:American political journalists
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