{"id":300052,"date":"2026-04-16T15:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=300052"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:46:16","slug":"the-briefing-2026-04-16","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-04-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about local news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7ea28edb619b1758 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-bd09947aaca603df 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-0840894d47bf7019 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> Hungary election result signals changes to media landscape<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center: <\/strong>Key facts about local news<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> NPR<strong> <\/strong>gets $113 million from two donors<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> The Economist begins to showcase its journalists<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Growing share of Americans think their local news outlets aren\u2019t doing well financially<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a289b27a7f8c39d0 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-a9e40f169ef561dc 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-c067d851a63a2e62 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>After unseating <strong>Viktor Orb\u00e1n<\/strong> as Hungary&#8217;s prime minister with an election victory this week, <strong>P\u00e9ter Magyar<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/peter-magyar-first-target-hungary-state-controlled-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vowed to suspend<\/a> the country\u2019s <strong>state-run media<\/strong> as part of wider anti-corruption efforts.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-665836f95b068cc2 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>Orb\u00e1n\u2019s right-wing Fidesz party had <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/hungary-peter-magyar-victory-tv-film-producers-future-1236858917\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taken control of much of the media<\/a> and messaging during his 16 years in power. In a recent appearance on a state-run radio station, Magyar said that \u201cevery Hungarian deserves a public media that broadcasts the truth.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3ff88b8d898945a3 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 a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2025\/04\/24\/how-people-rate-press-speech-and-internet-freedoms-in-their-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 survey<\/a> on views of <strong>press freedom around the world,<\/strong> 24% of Hungarians said the media were completely free to report the news in their country, while 38% said they were somewhat free and 37% said they were not very or not at all free. Meanwhile, an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2025\/04\/24\/importance-of-press-freedom-free-speech-and-freedom-on-the-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelming majority said<\/a> that it is very (67%) or somewhat (25%) important that the media are able to report the news without state or government censorship in Hungary.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-395470ca084ac0a7 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-c08d1b6294fd715c 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-18cedc7459b60305 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, we released a new <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/local-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact sheet<\/a> from the Pew-Knight Initiative looking at <strong>Americans\u2019 experiences with local news.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Among the key findings:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a26f46ff5779e06c 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>Attention to local news has declined overall since 2016,<\/strong> mirroring trends in attention to national news.<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">The vast majority of Americans (88%) say they <strong>have not paid or given money to a local news source<\/strong> in the past year.<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">While 80% of U.S. adults say that local news outlets are at least somewhat <strong>important to the well-being of their local community, <\/strong>the share who say they are <em>extremely<\/em> or <em>very<\/em> important declined from 44% in 2024 to 34% in 2025.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f7b2d7d53c7826ea 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-458da3527451ac5b 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-d324020cb4622d51 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>NPR <\/strong>gets $113 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/04\/16\/npr-113-million-gifts-ballmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from two donors<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/14\/business\/media\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-bought-venetoulis-institute.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will not shut down<\/a> after being acquired by nonprofit owner of Baltimore Banner<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/13\/media\/trump-wsj-lawsuit-epstein-dismissed-judge?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+%E2%80%93+April+14%2C+2026&amp;bt_ee=hgsEF4W%2FhI7nVGlyvjbYu0nkMptuvA19ER8P1lnc22l7o1053wGDd1vnqbcJxOrC&amp;bt_ts=1776173845692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismisses Trump\u2019s defamation lawsuit<\/a> against <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Wall Street Journal <\/strong>over Epstein letter<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>BBC <\/strong>plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bbc-job-cuts-layoffs-uk-177a37bba2a282de28ea961e031a5feb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut up to 2,000 jobs<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>TMZ <\/strong>launches <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5830247-tmz-opens-dc-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D.C. bureau<\/a> to cover politicians<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Mediaite <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/mediaite-colby-hall-suspension-one-sheet-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspends founding editor<\/a> after <strong>Status <\/strong>uncovers fabricated reporting<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Spanish-language TV outlet <strong>Telemundo <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-11\/telemundo-news-julio-vaqueiro-kvea-nbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rises in popularity<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Journalist <strong>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/14\/media\/ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-iran-war-detained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detained in Kuwait<\/a> after sharing Iran war videos<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">New startup <strong>Objection <\/strong>aims to use <strong>AI <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/15\/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verify news stories<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7263096d06c4760e wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bb8a5d646d70e91c 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-762c7dd31c929e42 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>For more than a century, journalists for <strong>The Economist<\/strong> have not had their names published with their work, keeping their identities a mystery to their audience. But the London-based magazine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/13\/business\/media\/economist-magazine-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starting to change<\/a>, and is planning to roll out <strong>videos featuring its writers<\/strong> conducting interviews and discussing policy.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f77ec6be1f0a176c 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 shift seems to reflect some of the modern <strong>expectations people have for news providers.<\/strong> For example, a large majority of Americans (82%) say it is important that the people they get news from display <strong>\u201cauthenticity\u201d<\/strong> in their work, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/what-do-americans-want-from-their-news-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Center survey of U.S. adults<\/a>. And while 70% say it is extremely or very important that the people they get news from have <strong>deep knowledge of the topics they cover,<\/strong> far fewer (31%) say it is as important for them to be employed by a news organization.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-49d3eccd20502409 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-9755b49b322acd40 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-5cb40eaa43483d20 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\u2019s chart comes from the new Pew-Knight Initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/local-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact sheet<\/a> on local news.<br><br><strong>A majority of U.S. adults (57%) think their local news outlets are doing well financially,<\/strong> but this is down from the 71% who said the same in 2018. An <strong>increasing share say these outlets are not doing well financially<\/strong> \u2013 39% in 2025, up from 24% who said the same in 2018.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-11e1240d97b0fd8a wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=300053\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dbcdc4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300053 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbcdc4; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"556\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=300,127 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=768,324 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=1024,432 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=960,405 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=200,84 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=260,110 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=310,131 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=420,177 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=640,270 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=740,312 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=160,68 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/perceived_financial_health_of_local_news_outlets-1.png?resize=320,135 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9708df7f6c7433ae 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-efede2c054ec7abf 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-1c5c63f28afa26cb 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, Christopher St. Aubin, Joanne Haner, and Sawyer Reed. 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