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John Gramlich

Associate Director, Short Reads

John Gramlich is an associate director at Pew Research Center, where he
oversees the organization’s data journalism blog. His research and writing focuses on criminal justice, legal affairs, immigration and other issues. Before joining the Center, he was a researcher at The Pew Charitable Trusts, where he focused on the U.S. correctional system. Earlier in his career, he was a journalist at news organizations including CQ Roll Call, Stateline.org and The Baltimore Sun, covering criminal justice and other subjects. He has a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from American University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Pennsylvania State University.

Publications

short readsSep 11, 2018

Defending against terrorism has remained a top policy priority for Americans since 9/11

Around seven-in-ten Americans or more have seen defending against terrorism as a top priority for the White House and Congress since early 2002.
short readsAug 30, 2018

Where the public stands on key issues that could come before the Supreme Court

Ahead of the Senate’s deliberations over Kavanaugh, here’s a look at where the public stands on some of the major legal, political and social issues that could come before the Supreme Court in the years ahead.
short readsJul 16, 2018

With another Supreme Court pick, Trump is leaving his mark on higher federal courts

Trump has successfully appointed more federal appeals court judges so far in his presidency than his two predecessors combined had at the same point in theirs. And with his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Trump soon could install his second justice on the nation’s highest court, too.
short readsJul 12, 2018

5 key takeaways about populism and the political landscape in Western Europe

People with populist views in Western Europe are more likely than those with mainstream views to distrust traditional institutions. While populist attitudes span the ideological spectrum in Western Europe, populist political parties are relatively unpopular in the region.
short readsMay 30, 2018

As fatal overdoses rise, many Americans see drug addiction as a major problem in their community

The U.S. public’s concerns about drug addiction come amid increases in the number and rate of fatal drug overdoses across urban, suburban and rural communities.
short readsApr 19, 2018

Q&A: How Pew Research Center identified bots on Twitter

For a recent study on automated accounts and Twitter, we had to answer a fundamental question: Which accounts are bots and which accounts aren’t? Read a Q&A with Stefan Wojcik, a computational social scientist at the Center and one of the report’s authors, on how he and his colleagues navigated this question.
short readsMar 21, 2018

Americans had concerns about self-driving cars before fatal Arizona accident

Last year, a slight majority of Americans said they were at least somewhat worried about the development of autonomous cars and hesitant about riding in one if given the chance.
short readsMar 7, 2018

Federal judicial picks have become more contentious, and Trump’s are no exception

Trump’s federal judicial picks have faced a record amount of opposition, reflecting growing discord over presidential appointments to the judiciary.
reportFeb 12, 2018

Wie Länder weltweit Demokratie, Militärherrschaft und andere politische Systeme sehen

Eine Studie, die vom Pew Research Center im vergangenen Frühjahr in 38 Ländern durchgeführt wurde, gibt für die Zukunft von Demokratie weltweit sowohl Anlass zum Optimismus als auch zur Sorge.
reportFeb 12, 2018

Comment les pays du monde entier perçoivent la démocratie, le régime militaire et les autres systèmes politiques

Un sondage mené par le Pew Research Center dans 38 pays au printemps dernier a provoqué une bouffée d’optimisme autant que des inquiétudes quant à l’avenir de la démocratie à travers le monde.