As many newsrooms face declines in revenues and staffing, one difficult choice to make is where to focus coverage and resources. This study asked Americans about the weight of 11 different local news ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. In my first post about topic models, I discussed what topic models are, how they ...

13 current debate topics for engineering students is meant specifically for the contrary engineer. Some people just enjoy arguing, and that’s not always a bad thing. Conflict can be fun, educational ...