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title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This is a Pew Research Center analysis from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/. Research Kirsten Eddy, Senior ResearcherKaterina Eva Matsa, Director, News and Information ResearchMichael Lipka, Associate Director, News and Information ResearchNaomi […]"
date: "2025-05-13"
authors:
  - name: "jcoleman"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/13/what-is-news-acknowledgments/"
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# Acknowledgments

This is a Pew Research Center analysis from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at [https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/](https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/).

#### Research

Kirsten Eddy, *Senior Researcher*
Katerina Eva Matsa, *Director, News and Information Research*
Michael Lipka, *Associate Director, News and Information Research*
Naomi Forman-Katz, *Research Analyst*
Luxuan Wang, *Research Associate *
Christopher St. Aubin, *Research Assistant*
Mark Jurkowitz, *Former Senior Writer*
Jacob Liedke, *Research Analyst*
Emily Tomasik, *Research Assistant *

#### Editorial and Graphic Design

Kaitlyn Radde, *Associate Information Graphics Designer*
David Kent, *Senior Copy Editor*
Peter Bell, *Associate Director, Design and Production*
Andrea Caumont, *Associate Director, Digital Outreach*
Shannon Greenwood,* Digital Production Manager*

#### Communications and Web Publishing

Sogand Afkari, *Communications Manager*
Talia Price, *Communications Associate*
Justine Coleman, *Associate Digital Producer *

In addition, the project benefited greatly from the administrative work of Meera Ramshankar and the guidance of the Pew Research Center methodology team: Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Ashley Amaya, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Dana Popky, Anna Brown, Arnold Lau and Thomas May. We are also thankful for the PSB Insights project team for their work conducting this study’s online discussion board.

Finally, this project was guided by an advisory board, who provided invaluable feedback at various key points during the project:

- Matt Carlson, Professor, University of Minnesota

- Stephanie Edgerly, Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Northwestern University

- Rachel R. Mourão, Associate Professor and Graduate Director, University of Miami

- Jacob Nelson, Associate Professor, University of Utah