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portraitDavid Montgomery is a data journalist and history podcaster. His particular focus is combining data, graphics, maps, code, interactive tools and traditional reporting to explain events to readers. Currently he works as a Senior Data Journalist with the renowned polling firm YouGov, helping to write and analyze surveys of the American people. David also hosts The Siècle, a history podcast about France’s overlooked century between Napoleon and World War I. Since launching the podcast in 2019, David has released more than 40 episodes, with transcripts running more than 250,000 words with more than 1,500 footnotes.

Previously David has worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota Public Radio News, CityLab, APM Reports, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the Rapid City Journal and the Pierre Capital Journal, along with some freelance work and internships. He graduated in 2008 from Grinnell College with a degree in political science, though by hours spent his real major was the student newspaper, The Scarlet & Black. A native of the Chicago suburbs, he currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has also lived in South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Washington and Aix-en-Provence, France. In his spare time, David enjoys learning about history, philosophy and economics, playing board games, watching his beloved Chicago Cubs, hiking and generally overthinking everything.

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