Pew Research Center

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Pew Research Center
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Established 2004 (2004)
Chairman Donald Kimelman
President Alan Murray (Jan. 2013)
Faculty 8 (board)
Staff 120[1]
Location Washington, D.C.
Address 1615 L Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Website PewResearch.org

The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. Its president beginning January 2013 is Alan Murray, former deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, replacing Andrew Kohut.[2]

The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts.[3] In 1990, Donald S. Kellermann was named to serve as the first director of what was initially known as the Times Mirror Center. It was then part of the opinion polling operation run by Times Mirror, the parent of the Los Angeles Times.[4]

The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public-opinion surveys and reports aimed at understanding worldwide attitudes on various issues. The Project is chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth.[5] The project is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, with a supplemental grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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The Pew Research Center's seven projects[edit]

  • Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
  • Pew Global Attitudes Project
  • Pew Hispanic Center
  • Pew Internet and American Life Project
  • Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
  • Pew Social and Demographic Trends Project
  • Project for Excellence in Journalism

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References[edit]

  1. ^ PewResearch.org
  2. ^ http://pewresearch.org/docs/?DocID=148
  3. ^ "About Us - The Pew Charitable Trusts". The Pew Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 6 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Donald S. Kellermann, Who Led Public Research Group, Dies at 83", The New York Times, November 14, 2010. Accessed November 15, 2010
  5. ^ "About the Project - The Pew Global Attitudes Project". The Pew Global Attitudes Project. Retrieved 6 September 2011. 

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