{"id":182846,"date":"2024-07-25T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=182846"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:43:04","slug":"the-briefing-2024-07-25","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2024-07-25\/","title":{"rendered":"How Americans get news about local politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-94107864a464391f wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-63468fc39e2d3a4a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-082b0302d92815ba wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Biden bypasses traditional media, announces withdrawal from race on social media<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center: <\/strong>How Americans get news about local politics<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich convicted in Russian trial<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> NBC partnering with Google to use AI in coverage of Paris Olympics<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Americans who feel attached to their community are more interested in local election news<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bf2883c68ddd6460 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-78569bca80a9cb83 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-84fc9c41fb4f7d5f wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Over the weekend, President Joe Biden announced his departure from the 2024 presidential race via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/22\/biden-social-media-post-drop-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">simultaneous posts on a few social media sites<\/a>. His post on X (formerly Twitter) has gotten&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/07\/21\/elon-musk-biden-x-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">particular attention<\/a>&nbsp;as an example of public figures choosing social media as a way to bypass the media and directly share news.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-89f32d3540642601 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>A majority of X users (65%) say getting news is a reason they use the site,<\/strong> making it the only social media platform out of four we <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studied in detail this year<\/a> where that is the case. Similarly, 59% of X users say <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2024\/06\/12\/how-americans-navigate-politics-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">keeping up with politics or political issues<\/a> is a reason they use X \u2013 again much higher than the shares of users who say this about TikTok, Facebook or Instagram.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-eabc32d807cea73f wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In addition, <strong>X stands out as a place to see breaking news:<\/strong> 75% of users say they ever see information about breaking news in real time there, compared with smaller shares of users on Facebook (58%), TikTok (55%) and Instagram (44%).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4fcce8089b7ee8f3 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-efdbadf51de4c67c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-005cccd07c098cce wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A new Pew Research Center report looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/07\/24\/how-americans-get-local-political-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how Americans get news and information about local government and politics<\/a>. Key findings include:<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7a117b31681fcd10 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Most Americans are interested in news and information about local government and politics.<\/strong> About two-thirds say they often or sometimes get local political news.<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Among these local political news consumers, <strong>only a quarter are highly satisfied with the quality of coverage.<\/strong> And fewer than half of Americans overall say it is easy to find the information they need to make voting decisions in local elections.<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">There is virtually <strong>no difference between Democrats and Republicans<\/strong> when it comes to their consumption of and attitudes toward local political news.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-69d8ce619602c426 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/07\/24\/how-americans-get-local-political-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This report<\/a>, the second in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/americans-changing-relationship-with-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">series focused on local news<\/a>, is part of the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-46ddc5b94dbafc74 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2650bd08c05738d8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8402b08bb3f21951 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">U.S. journalist <strong>Evan Gershkovich<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/evan-gershkovich-russia-espionage-trial-ef2e9fffc44570cf797e97aa6afa50a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convicted of espionage<\/a> in a Russian trial that&#8217;s been described as sham<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Murdochs <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/24\/business\/media\/rupert-murdoch-succession-fox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">battle over future of media empire<\/a> in court<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>LA County Sheriff\u2019s Department <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-20\/a-times-reporter-got-a-leaked-list-of-problem-deputies-then-the-sheriffs-dept-started-investigating-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretly investigated and urged the prosecution<\/a> of reporter for the Los Angeles Times<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>EU <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b29fcd19-669f-485e-be81-666273e88ae9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommends<\/a> that Italy introduce<strong> more safeguards for journalists<\/strong> against lawsuits and alleged \u201cintimidation\u201d<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Former Biden <strong>anti-disinformation official<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/fox-defeats-defamation-lawsuit-by-former-biden-anti-disinformation-official-2024-07-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loses defamation lawsuit<\/a> against Fox News<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>BBC <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/07\/bbc-redundancies-500-annual-report-financial-deficit-1236018402\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lay off 500 more staff<\/a> by spring 2026 after annual report shows financial woes<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at how a <strong>local one-man news site<\/strong> scooped the national media on reports about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2024\/07\/20\/beaver-countian-vranesevich-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Trump assassination attempt<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-947713e8f904e333 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-be6b5a864ca434c1 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Google <\/strong>has launched new partnerships with<strong> NBC <\/strong>and <strong>Team USA<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/google-ai-features-nbc-2024-paris-olympics-1235951779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">integrate artificial intelligence<\/a> into coverage of the upcoming Paris Olympics. Technology has already changed the way the event is covered, as NBC now uses its subscription streaming service, Peacock, and other digital platforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/2024\/07\/24\/inside-nbcs-paris-olympics-coverage-plan-live-sports-city-scenery-and-gen-z-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supplement coverage on NBC and other TV networks<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6a4ca2e5f942e9ac wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Americans increasingly rely on digital paths to get news.<\/strong> Most U.S. adults (58%) now prefer to get news in general from digital devices such as smartphones, computers or tablets, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Center survey<\/a>. The portion of Americans who prefer to get their news from TV has dropped to 27%.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5398601468b94935 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Back in 2012, television was the leading platform for coverage of the London Olympics,<\/strong> according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/08\/06\/eight-in-ten-following-olympics-on-tv-or-digitally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center study conducted that year<\/a>. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (73%) said they watched coverage of the 2012 Olympics on television, compared with just 17% who said they had watched online or digitally. And 12% reported that they had followed Olympic coverage on social networking sites.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7152debfbec7169a wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4d6ef9c7bcbfee6c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-80f4068eae865eb4 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week&#8217;s chart, from our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/07\/24\/how-americans-get-local-political-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent report on Americans&#8217; experiences with local political news<\/a>, looks at the connection between community attachment and perceptions of news about local government and politics. People who feel more attached to their community have more interest in news about local laws and local elections, higher satisfaction with the quality of their local political news, and an easier time finding the information they need to vote.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7ce55e43b6e9ae3b wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e6e0e1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp\" alt=\"Bar chart showing Americans with a strong sense of community connection are more interested in local political news\" class=\"wp-image-182867 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e6e0e1; border-style:none;border-color:transparent;box-sizing:border-box\" width=\"310\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=187,300 187w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=253,405 253w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=200,321 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=260,417 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=310,497 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=420,673 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=160,257 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PJ_2024.07.25_local-political-news-0-05.webp?resize=320,513 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a7440b862b965f5c wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7840c64d3afcbdf8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c876c474a2b19150 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. It is edited by Katerina Eva Matsa, Michael Lipka and Mark Jurkowitz, and copy edited by Rebecca Leppert.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ba341f78b4ab6753 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>Do you like this newsletter? 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