---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This is a Pew Research Center report 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 Elisa Shearer, Senior ResearcherMichael Lipka, Associate Director, News and Information ResearchKaterina Eva Matsa, Director, News and Information ResearchKirsten […]"
date: "2024-05-07"
authors:
  - name: "Elisa Shearer"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/elisa-shearer/"
  - name: "Katerina Eva Matsa"
    job_title: "Director, News and Information Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/katerina-eva-matsa/"
  - name: "Michael Lipka"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michael-lipka/"
  - name: "Kirsten Eddy"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kirsten-eddy/"
  - name: "Naomi Forman-Katz"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/naomi-forman-katz/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/05/07/local-news-trends-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Journalists"
  - "Local News"
  - "Newspapers"
  - "Television"
  - "Trust in Media"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 141"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-141/"
---

# Acknowledgments

This is a Pew Research Center report 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

Elisa Shearer, *Senior Researcher*
Michael Lipka, *Associate Director, News and Information Research*
Katerina Eva Matsa, *Director, News and Information Research*
Kirsten Eddy, *Senior Researcher*
Naomi Forman-Katz, *Research Analyst*
Luxuan Wang, *Research Associate*
Sarah Naseer, *Research Assistant*
Christopher St. Aubin, *Research Assistant *

#### Editorial and Graphic Design

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

#### Communications and Web Publishing

Sogand Afkari, *Communications Manager*
Maya Pottiger, *Communications Associate *
Justine Coleman, *Associate Digital Producer*

In addition, the project benefited greatly from the guidance of the Pew Research Center methodology team: Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Ashley Amaya, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Dana Popky, Anna Brown and Arnold Lau.

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