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    The most narcissistic U.S. presidents

    Forget Romeo and Juliet or Cleopatra and Marc Antony. At least when it comes to politics, one of the great love affairs of all time may have been between Lyndon Johnson and… himself.

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    The last government shutdown and now: a different environment

    As the government faces its first shutdown since 1995-1996, the standoff between the Obama administration and Republicans over the federal budget is occurring in a different public opinion environment than when President Bill Clinton faced off with the GOP-controlled House.

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    Chapter 1: Trends from Government Data

    Three decades ago, U.S. women overall made 64% as much as men did in hourly earnings. In 2012, they made 84%—a remarkable narrowing of the gender gap in pay, as well as an illustration of its persistence. The relative gains are even more striking for American women at the outset of their working lives. Among […]

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    Methodology

    A number of people at the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project worked on this report: Director Amy Mitchell and Associate Director Mark Jurkowitz wrote the report. Senior Writer/Editor Jodi Enda, Senior Researcher Paul Hitlin, Research Associate Kenneth Olmstead analyzed the data. Jessica Schillinger designed the graphics and Dana Page handles communications for the project. This […]

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    Part One: Who Lives with Chronic Conditions

    The diagnosis difference Forty-five percent of U.S. adults report that they live with one or more chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, but also less-common conditions like lupus and cancer.[2.numoffset=”2″ This estimate is in line with previous surveys by the Pew Research Center and other national studies. See: Centers for Disease Control […]

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    Methodology

    About this Study A number of people at the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism worked on Pew Research’s “The Crisis over Syria: How Al Jazeera America Tackled Its First Major Story.” Associate Director Mark Jurkowitz and Director Amy Mitchell wrote the report. Research Analyst Katerina-Eva Matsa analyzed the statistics and created the […]

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    Job Market Shows Some Improvement for Recent Communications Graduates

    There is good and bad news in a University of Georgia report on the job market for 2012 communication and journalism graduates. As the economy slowly recovers, employment and salaries ticked up modestly. But they make considerably less money than graduates of others programs and face significantly reduced workplace benefits.

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    The Road Ahead for Nonprofit Journalism

    Despite the challenges, an overwhelming number of the survey respondents are optimistic about their future. Eighty-five percent reported that they are on stable footing now, and about the same proportion said they were either “very” (26%) or “somewhat” (55%) confident that they’ll be financially solvent in five years. Just 14% said they are not too […]