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List of Interviewees Portland Mike Andrews, Enterprise Foundation David Biedermann, Information Technology Department Vanessa Blake, Portland Chamber of Commerce Rob Bole, Enterprise Foundation David Bragden, Portland Development Commission Molly Cooley, Neighborhood Pride Team Hansford Hair, Neighborhood Pride Team Mary Beth Henry, Office of Cable Communications and Franchise Management Hugh Mackworth, Smart Forest Ventures Meg Merrick, […]
The change in the news agenda is even more dramatic if one looks at what has become an increasingly important segment of network television, morning news. In June of 2001, network morning news programs had become, in significant part, a way of selling things, often lifestyle products, books, movies, TV shows, cookbooks, products for the […]
Introduction Portland prides itself as a center of manufacturing for high-tech goods and an entrepreneurial city where independent-minded people find a receptive climate for starting new businesses. Portland also has a strong sense of identity as a community, with a passion for environmental protection and a strong ethic of managing growth throughout the region. City […]
Introduction Health care providers maintain and share a vast amount of sensitive patient information for a variety of reasons. Such records are kept and shared for diagnosis and treatment of the patient, payment of health care services rendered, public health reporting, research, and even for marketing and use by the media. Until recently, most of […]
Most global opinion leaders say people in their countries hold favorable views of the United States, in spite of their negative perceptions of U.S. power. This is particularly true in Western Europe, where 81% of influentials say publics have a very or mostly favorable impression of the United States. Only in the Islamic world are […]
Most global opinion leaders say people in their countries hold favorable views of the United States, in spite of their negative perceptions of U.S. power. This is particularly true in Western Europe, where 81% of influentials say publics have a very or mostly favorable impression of the United States. Only in the Islamic world are […]
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. Presentation of paper by: W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia and Non-Residential Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University Panelists include: Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Theodora Ooms, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for […]
Economic Profile of the Five Cities The five cities studied in this report have a variety of characteristics, with several being among the most highly wired cities in the United States (Austin, Portland, and Washington, DC), some being centers of high-tech manufacturing (Austin and Portland), others being service oriented (Nashville and Washington), and one traditional […]
The questions that naturally follow are about the future: Do these changes in the news agenda represent some long-term transformation? When the war subsides and the threat against America from terrorism is perceived to be less imminent, will the nightly news and the morning news return to a pre-September 11th definition of normalcy? In short, […]
PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS& THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNEGLOBAL OPINION LEADER SURVEYFINAL TOPLINENOV. 12 – DEC. 13, 2001Q1Has the terrorist attack in the US and subsequent war opened up a new chapter inworld history or do you think this will not turn out to be such a significant event?TotalEastMid-East/Non-West.Euro./LatinConflictUSUSEuropeRussiaAmer.AsiaAreaIslamicNew chapter in […]