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Michael Lipka

Associate Director, Research

Expertise:News and Information

Michael Lipka is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center, where he studies Americans’ experiences with news and information. Over more than a decade at the Center, he has been a part of several major projects related to the information environment, including our study of news influencers, our five-year lookback at the COVID-19 pandemic, and our surveys on how Americans consume local news and election news. Michael also spent several years writing about trends in religion in the U.S. and globally, contributing to dozens of reports and short reads on various topics. He has a degree in journalism from Boston University and started his career as a sportswriter for The Boston Globe and the Associated Press.

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short readsNov 28, 2023

Audiences are declining for traditional news media in the U.S. – with some exceptions

A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
short readsOct 31, 2023

How Black Americans engage with local news

About three-quarters of Black adults in the United States say they see or hear news coverage about their local community at least sometimes.
reportSep 26, 2023

Black Americans’ Experiences With News

Black Americans see a range of problems with how Black people are covered in the news. Almost two-thirds of Black adults (63%) say news about Black people is often more negative than news about other racial and ethnic groups. And while few are optimistic that will change in the foreseeable future, many see ways in which that coverage could be improved.
reportApr 18, 2023

Podcasts as a Source of News and Information

Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, including one-in-five who report listening at least a few times a week. Most podcast listeners say this experience includes hearing news, which they largely expect to be mostly accurate. Large shares of listeners say they turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning or having something to listen to while doing something else.
short readsDec 7, 2022

Younger evangelicals in the U.S. are more concerned than their elders about climate change

Evangelical Protestant adults under 40 are more likely than older evangelicals to say climate change is an extremely or very serious problem.
short readsNov 22, 2022

Partisans agree: Time with family and friends is meaningful and fulfilling

Large majorities in both parties say spending time with family provides them a great deal or quite a bit of meaning and fulfillment.
short readsSep 19, 2022

Most Americans express support for taking in refugees, but opinions vary by party and other factors

72% of Americans say taking in civilian refugees should be an important goal for immigration policy in the United States.
short readsJul 7, 2022

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
short readsJun 17, 2022

A closer look at Republicans who favor legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it

How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.
short readsFeb 10, 2021

Americans far more likely to say evangelicals will lose influence, rather than gain it, under Biden

Half of all U.S. adults think evangelical Christians will lose influence in Washington under President Joe Biden’s new administration.