Oliver Roeder, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, is a journalist in New York City. Previously, he was a senior writer at FiveThirtyEight. Roeder holds a Ph.D. in economics with a focus on game theory and his work has appeared in The Economist, Slate, Nautilus and Aeon.
In the normal course of human affairs, journalism is the first rough draft of history. In a pandemic, however, journalism is the first rough draft of the future. We are all sitting alone in our homes. We are also sitting … Read more
