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Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The center conducts public opinion polling, demographic studies, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. It does not take positions on policy issues.
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The Center's work is carried out by seven projects:

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Pew Hispanic Center
Pew Global Attitudes Project
Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project
Pew Research Center - Journalism & Media
Annual State of the Media Report
An annual report by the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project examining the landscape of American journalism.
New York Times Media & Advertising
The Poynter Institute
Covers media through reporting and teaching journalism.
Freedom House - Freedom on the Net
Freedom on the Net report is part of a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 60 countries which is updated annually.
On the Media
Search for "public relations"
Nieman Reports from Harvard University
"For more than six decades, Nieman Reports has explored what it means to be a journalist, examined major shifts in the industry, and shared with its worldwide audience articles about the rights and responsibilities of news organizations."
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
Revised September 6, 2014 at 4:49 p.m. CT at SPJ’s National Convention in Nashville, Tenn.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com integrates data on over 80.000 topics from over 22.500 sources onto a single professional platform. Statista includes over 170 industries & categories, studies, reports, research & analysis, and dossiers.

Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Nielsen Reports
Gallup Poll
Conducts public opinion polls in more than 140 countries around the world.

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
A source for the quantitative facts of American history through the year 2000.

U.S. Statistical Abstract
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published from 1878 to 2011, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Nielsen News Wire
Latest data and trends for online + mobile, media + entertainment, global, and
recent posts with free reports on consumer and media research.