---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism. Galen Stocking, Senior Computational Social Scientist Patrick van Kessel, […]"
date: "2020-09-28"
authors:
  - name: "Galen Stocking"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/galen-stocking/"
  - name: "Patrick van Kessel"
    job_title: "Former Senior Data Scientist"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/patrick-van-kessel/"
  - name: "Michael Barthel"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michael-barthel/"
  - name: "Katerina Eva Matsa"
    job_title: "Director, News and Information Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/katerina-eva-matsa/"
  - name: "Maya Khuzam"
    job_title: "Former Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/maya-khuzam/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/09/28/youtube-news-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Misinformation"
  - "Misinformation Online"
  - "Social Media & the News"
  - "Technology Policy Issues"
  - "Video"
  - "YouTube"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 59"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-59/"
---

# Acknowledgments

This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at [www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism.](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/)

Galen Stocking, *Senior Computational Social Scientist *Patrick van Kessel, *Senior Data Scientist *Michael Barthel, *Senior Researcher *Katerina Eva Matsa, *Associate Director, Journalism Research *Maya Khuzam, *Research Assistant *Amy Mitchell, *Director, Journalism Research *Elizabeth Grieco, *Senior Writer/Editor *Kirsten Worden, *Research Assistant *Mason Walker, *Research Analyst** *Jeff Gottfried, *Senior Researcher** *Margaret Porteus, *Information Graphics Designer** *Michael Lipka, *Editorial Manager *Claudia Deane, *Vice President, Research *Hannah Klein, *Communications Manager *Rachel Weisel, *Senior Communications Manager *Andrew Grant, *Communications Associate *Travis Mitchell, *Digital Producer *Sara Atske, *Associate Digital Producer *Katherine Bradshaw, *Intern *Megan Drown, *Intern *Ricki Wood, *Intern *Sarah Dolezal, *Intern *Alvin Buyinza, *Intern *

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