Co-founder of Prospect, a sports analytics company. Ex-data journalist for @TheEconomist. Views my own.
Joined March 2015
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6 Mar 2020
Many thanks to @MikeHensonBBC for this profile of myself and @gordonhf, and the stats we do for England's rugby team through Prospect Sporting Insights, our consultancy. Including a sly photo of @rstudio running on my sofa during a game! bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/…
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26 Oct 2023
Huge congrats to @rachelsllloyd and @simonakam for the publication of “Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World’s Greatest Writers”. amazon.co.uk/Always-Take-Not…
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26 Oct 2023
There have been so many evenings and weekends spent lovingly pulling @takenotesalways together, along with @artemisirvine on the audio editing.
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26 Oct 2023
It’s been great fun listening to it all being recorded in Rachel’s study at home, and awesome to see it finally in bookshops around the world.
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28 Jan 2022
“Devoting a little budget to analytics can save millions on wasted salary” | Exclusive - When Steve Borthwick agreed to join Tigers, he enlisted @J_CD_T and Oval Insights to rebuild the squad using xP models. Leicester’s turnaround is a Moneyball story. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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3 Dec 2021
One month ago, we called on researchers to send us their best work. Today, I'm happy to say that an @TheEconomist is featuring a "call for papers" submission for the first time: a fascinating study of "wolves’ passports", "enemies of the people", and skills of former prisoners.
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16 Nov 2021
For this week's issue of @TheEconomist, I had a look at a gigantic multi-year experiment run by @Twitter. (If you are reading this, you probably participated.)
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4 Nov 2021
Honoured to have my work on "The pandemic's true death toll" shortlisted for "Innovation of the year"! Thanks to all who helped make this project happen.
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2 Nov 2021
Very happy to say that @TheEconomist's Data team has launched an open "call for papers" for #research on any topic. We are looking for exciting and important new studies - if that sounds like your work, please send it to us economist.com/graphic-detail…
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2 Oct 2021
We're hiring! Come and join @TheEconomist's data team for a six-month traineeship
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22 Sep 2021
Weekly pandemic update (a thread):
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20 Sep 2021
Expected Points (xP) has arrived in rugby union (and in @URCOfficial for public consumption). Here's an interview with @J_CD_T and @gordonhf, who have developed and rolled out a system that is already changing the game in numerous ways. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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3 Sep 2021
What is the pandemic's true death toll? After months of work, we are launching our daily updating estimate of excess deaths around the world. With official deaths at 4.5m, I estimate the true tally to be between 9.3m and 18.1m, as of today
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10 Aug 2021
Of all the brilliant @takenotesalways interviews, I think this episode might be my favourite - a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of sports journalism
10 Aug 2021
NEW EPISODE: Chief football writer at @TimesSport, @HenryWinter, reveals the mechanics behind the match report, how he approaches interviewing some of the biggest names in football and, most importantly, indulges Rachel with plenty of @ManUtd anecdotes.
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16 Jul 2021
Congrats in particular to @martgnz, who came up with the brilliant visualisations and has endured months of irregularly timed GitHub and text updates from me. And also big thanks to @ArielKarlinsky @hippopedoid @ls_vestergaard @tcarran @LaurianneDsp @Karengil116 for data.
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9 Jul 2021
Dear @GarethSouthgate: you used your platform to elegant effect here. But it was pretty abstract. I hope you and your brilliant players will tell England fans unequivocally to have fun, respect the opponents and hug their fans after the game—win or lose.
theplayerstribune.com/posts/…
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26 May 2021
Great to get this award nomination for my covid reporting for @1843mag @TheEconomist and thanks to my editors @beckman1843 and @RosieBlau for their hard work on the pieces. Likewise @jometsonscott for her haunting photography.
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