The Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. We are best known for regular national surveys that measure public attentiveness to major news stories, and for our polling that charts trends in values and fundamental political and social attitudes. Formerly, the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press (1990-1995), we are now sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts and are one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

The Center's purpose is to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through public opinion research. In this role it serves as an important information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars, and public interest organizations. All of our current survey results are made available free of charge.

The research program includes five principal areas of investigation:

• The People & The Press - explores public attitudes about the credibility, social value and salience of the news media.
• The People, The Press & Politics - features a typology which divides the American electorate into distinct voting groups and identifies the basic values and attitudes that animate political behavior.
• The News Interest Index - measures on a regular basis how closely the public follows the major news stories and links this to views about politics and policy issues.
• America's Place in the World - a series of in-depth surveys and analyses of the public and opinion leaders on international policy in the post-Cold War era.
• Media Use - major surveys that measure the public's use of, and attitudes toward, the Internet and traditional news outlets.

Independent pollster Andrew Kohut, founder of Princeton Survey Research Associates and former President of the Gallup Organization, is president of the Pew Research Center and serves as director of both the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Global Attitudes Project.

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Staff

Andrew Kohut
President, Pew Research Center
Director, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project

Scott Keeter
Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center
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Carroll Doherty
Associate Director, Editorial
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Michael Dimock
Associate Director, Research
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Kim Parker
Senior Researcher
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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April K. Clark
Research Associate
Pew Social and Demographic Trends
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Juliana Menasce Horowitz
Research Associate
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Rob Suls
Research Associate
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Shawn Neidorf
Research Associate
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Leah Melani Christian
Research Associate
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Jocelyn Kiley
Research Associate
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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Kathleen Holzwart
Research Analyst
Pew Global Attitudes Project and
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Alec Tyson
Research Analyst
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James Albrittain
Research Assistant
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Mary Pat Clark
Office Manager, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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