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    References

    Blumberg, Stephen J., and Julian V. Luke. 2012. “Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2011.” Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, June. Guskin, Emily and Amy Mitchell. 2011. “Hispanic Media: Faring Better than the Mainstream Media.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, August. […]

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    Another casualty of war in Syria—citizen journalists

    Professional journalists have long faced the risks of working in harm’s way, but now conflicts like the one in Syria are claiming the lives of a new part of the media — citizen journalists.

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    Even in white collar crime, female crooks face a glass ceiling

    A study finds that female white-collar crooks face the same glass ceiling as their law-abiding peers in the corporate world: they typically hold inferior positions to men, rarely are in charge and make significantly less money for their dirty deeds than their male accomplices.

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    Bell, Lisa, Gary Burtless, Janet Gornick, and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2007. “A Cross-National Survey of Trends in the Transition to Economic Independence,” in The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood, edited by Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Rouse. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Card, David, and Thomas Lemieux. 2000. “Adapting to Circumstances: The Evolution […]

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    Appendix 1: Methodology

    This is the fifth time the Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[1. numoffset=”39″ See the methodology of the Pew Research Center’s 2009 report, “Global Restrictions on Religion,” for a discussion of the conceptual basis for measuring restrictions on religion. ] This report, which includes data for the year ending Dec. […]

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    Press Release

    Contact:  Amy Mitchell, Acting Director, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism amitchell@pewresearch.org, 202-419-3650 Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism mjurkowitz@pewresearch.org, 202-419-3650 Pew Research Study of the Economics of Nonprofit News Outlets Reveals a Growing but Fragile Part of the Media Landscape June 10, 2013 – As the […]

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    Press Release

    Contact:  Amy Mitchell, Acting Director, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism amitchell@pewresearch.org, 202-419-3650 Pew Research: Amid Supreme Court Deliberations, News Coverage Conveyed Strong Momentum for Same-Sex Marriage June 17, 2013 – News stories focused on support for same-sex marriage outnumbered those opposing it by roughly 5-to-1 in the two months marked by Supreme […]

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    Nonprofit News Outlets

    Nonprofit news sites are cropping up around the U.S., often with the mission of filling in gaps left by cutbacks in traditional journalism. Explore the characteristics of these sites with this map and interactive database.

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    More evidence of preference for sons

    As the number of babies born to unmarried mothers has risen, so has interest from government officials in persuading unmarried fathers to sign a paternity acknowledgement form that gets their name added to the birth certificate. It’s standard practice now for hospitals to ask those dads to sign–but not everyone does. What makes a difference […]