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    How Americans assess health information amid cyclospora outbreak

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story New reporting from The New York Times on the spread of information about the cyclospora outbreak is shedding light on how competing narratives and conspiracy theories can take off […]

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    Scripps announces digital restructure and layoffs

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story E.W. Scripps, the broadcasting company with dozens of local affiliates, is laying off 268 employees as it restructures its local TV business around digital-first news production and streaming. The company plans to centralize some […]

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    Weekly: 10.3.26

    Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of Americans who prefer to make in-person payments with a credit or debit card. Just 16% prefer cash.

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    Methodology

    Focus groups Pew Research Center worked with PSB Insights to conduct nine 90-minute online focus groups with a total of 44 U.S. adults from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10, 2024. The intent of this project was to explore the attitudes and experiences of adults without a four-year college degree, adults in rural areas, and people […]

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    How urban, suburban and rural Americans engage in society

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Prosecutors this week reopened an investigation into a former Cornell University student’s claim that multiple men raped her at a campus fraternity house in 2024. The woman also filed […]

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    Skydance says CNN will retain its editorial independence

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery was finalized this week, with the resulting company to be known as Skydance. In a press conference, CEO David Ellison sought to address […]

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    Young Adults and the Future of News

    U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

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    Perceptions of accuracy and trust in information

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story According to a new Washington Post analysis, the Department of Homeland Security has released several videos of protests and law enforcement operations labeled with incorrect dates or locations on social media over the […]

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    News Influencers Fact Sheet

    About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, and this is especially common among younger adults.