---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This is the latest report in Pew Research Center’s ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. and James […]"
date: "2022-10-06"
authors:
  - name: "Galen Stocking"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/galen-stocking/"
  - name: "Amy Mitchell"
    job_title: "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
  - name: "Katerina Eva Matsa"
    job_title: "Director, News and Information Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/katerina-eva-matsa/"
  - name: "Regina Widjaya"
    job_title: "Computational Social Scientist"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/regina-widjaya/"
  - name: "Mark Jurkowitz"
    job_title: "Senior Writer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mark-jurkowitz/"
  - name: "Shreenita Ghosh"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/shreenita-ghosh/"
  - name: "Aaron Smith"
    job_title: "Director, Data Labs"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/aaron-smith/"
  - name: "Sarah Naseer"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/sarah-naseer/"
  - name: "Christopher St. Aubin"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/christopher-st-aubin/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2022/10/06/alternative-social-media-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Free Speech & Press"
  - "Freedom of the Press"
  - "Media Polarization"
  - "Misinformation"
  - "Misinformation Online"
  - "Political Discourse"
  - "Politics & Media"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Social Media & the News"
  - "Tech Companies"
---

# Acknowledgments

Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This is the latest report in Pew Research Center’s ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the Center’s journalism and media research team, communications, design, digital and editorial teams. Find related reports online at [journalism.org](http://www.journalism.org).

#### **Research Team**

Galen Stocking, *Senior Computational Social Scientist *
Amy Mitchell, *Director, Journalism Research*
Katerina Eva Matsa, *Associate Director, Journalism Research*
Mark Jurkowitz, *Senior Writer*
Aaron Smith, *Director, Data Labs*
Regina Widjaya, *Computational Social Scientist*
Shreenita Ghosh, *Research Associate*
Sarah Naseer, *Research Assistant*
Christopher St. Aubin, *Research Assistant*
Elisa Shearer, *Senior Researcher*
Andrew Mercer, *Senior Research Methodologist *
Naomi Forman-Katz, *Research Assistant*
Jacob Liedke, *Research Assistant*
Emily Tomasik, *Research Assistant *
Risa Gelles-Watnick, *Research Assistant*
Kirsten Worden, *Research Analyst*
Henry Katz, *Intern*
Imran Siddiqui, *Intern*

#### Communications and Web Publishing

Sogand Afkari, *Communications Manager*
Andrew Grant, *Communications Associate*
Rachel Weisel, *Associate Director, Communications *
Nida Asheer, *Communications Manager*
Sara Atske, *Associate Digital Producer*

#### Editorial and Graphic Design

Michael Lipka, *Editorial Manager, Religion Research*
David Kent, *Senior Copy Editor *
Margaret Porteus, *Information Graphics Designer*
Andrea Caumont, *Digital Engagement Manager*
Isaac Mei, *Associate Social Media Strategist*
Chris Baronavski, *Senior Web Designer*

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the Center’s journalism and media research team, Data Labs research team, communications, design, digital and editorial teams.*
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