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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.

Publications

short readsOct 28, 2019

Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions

More than 18 years after the Netherlands became the world’s first country to allow same-sex marriage, Austria became the latest European nation to legalize the practice.
short readsAug 1, 2019

U.S. Jews know a lot about religion – but other Americans know little about Judaism

U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge. But other Americans are unable to answer some basic questions about Jewish practices.
short readsJul 16, 2019

How religious restrictions around the world have changed over a decade

The Center’s tenth report on religious restrictions around the world focuses on trends in restrictions from 2007 to 2017.
short readsJul 1, 2019

5 facts about religion in Canada

A declining share of Canadians identify as Christians. Most Canadians say religion’s influence in public life is waning in their country.
short readsFeb 26, 2019

Rift over gay rights comes as United Methodists in U.S. have become more accepting of homosexuality

The church is one of the few major mainline Protestant denominations in the country that currently does not sanction same-sex marriage.
short readsJan 24, 2019

Like Americans overall, U.S. Catholics are sharply divided by party

On a number of issues, Catholic partisans often express opinions more in line with their political parties’ positions than with their church’s teachings.
short readsOct 31, 2018

Greek attitudes toward religion, minorities align more with Central and Eastern Europe than West

When it comes to public attitudes on religion, national identity and the place of religious minorities, Greeks, like their neighbors to the East, hold more nationalist and less accepting views than do Western Europeans.
short readsOct 3, 2018

After recent revelations, U.S. Catholics give Francis low marks on handling of sex abuse scandal

Just three-in-ten American Catholics now say the pontiff is doing a good or excellent job of addressing the sex abuse scandal.
short readsJul 2, 2018

5 facts about Episcopalians

The history of the Episcopal Church is closely tied to the history of the United States. On the eve of the Episcopal Church’s 2018 General Convention, here are five facts about Episcopalians.
short readsMay 29, 2018

Irish vote highlights widespread popular support for legal abortion in Western Europe

Two-thirds of Irish adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a level of support reflected in a recent vote in Ireland on legal abortion.