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reportNov 15, 2006

Back to the Age of Local Publishers?

Suddenly, local ownership of newspapers is making something of a comeback. Since the breakup of Knight Ridder last year, and the threat of more cutbacks in newsrooms, private ownership groups and individuals have emerged in cities from Boston to Los Angeles wanting to buy the local paper. Who are they? A rundown.
reportSep 21, 2006

Methodological Appendix

Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International, which manages the fieldwork conducted by local research organizations in each country. All surveys are based on national samples except in China, India, and Pakistan, where the sample was disproportionately or exclusively urban. The […]
reportOct 5, 2006

Preface

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting….All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them….’In […]
reportSep 27, 2006

VII. Employment in Construction

No industry has been as vital to the employment of foreign-born workers—and Latinos in particular—as construction. Since 2003, when the labor market began to recover from the recession, the construction industry has accounted for about 40% of the total growth in employment for Latinos. In that time, Latinos have gained almost 1 million jobs in […]
reportSep 6, 2006

About this Survey

Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 1,506 adults, 18 years of age or older, from August 9-13, 2006. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]
reportOct 5, 2006

VIII. The Impact of Hispanics on Schools

So far this report has focused on the school construction boom and the ways it relates to the growth of the Hispanic population. The following section focuses on the schools most affected by growth in the number of Hispanic students. This analysis examines how many schools, and which ones, experienced the greatest impact and how […]
reportSep 24, 2006

Scenario Six: The internet opens worldwide access to success…

Predictions and Reactions Prediction: In the current best-seller The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman writes that the latest world revolution is found in the fact that the power of the internet makes it possible for individuals to collaborate and compete globally. This scenario: By 2020, the free flow of information will completely blur current national […]
reportSep 21, 2006

Working After Retirement: The Gap Between Expectations and Reality

More than three quarters of today’s workers expect to work for pay even after they retire. Of those who feel this way, most say it’s because they’ll want to, not because they’ll have to.
reportOct 29, 2006

Part 3. Eroding Attention to the Details of Information Quality

Three-quarters of health seekers do not consistently check the source and date of the health information they find online. In 2001, the Pew Internet & American Life Project collaborated with the Medical Library Association[13.numoffset=”13″ Medical Library Association: A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web. Available at: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html] to devise a […]
reportSep 24, 2006

The Future of the Internet

A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows that a majority agree with predictions that by 2020 …