The Journalist's Resource - Informing the news with research
The Journalist’s Resource helps to bridge the communications gap between academia and journalism. Our goal: more high-quality research in the news stream.| The Journalist's Resource
The Journalist’s Resource helps to bridge the communications gap between academia and journalism. Our goal: more high-quality research in the news stream.| The Journalist's Resource
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments| The Journalist's Resource
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How much have you learned about the topics we've covered recently? Take this week's reader quiz and find out! The post The Journalist’s Resource reader quiz: Aug. 19, 2025 appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
Researchers examined more than 200 federal datasets and found that nearly half of them were altered between January and March. In most, the term "gender" was replaced with "sex." The post Government health datasets were altered without documentation, Lancet study shows appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
The Journalist’s Resource and The Marshall Project recently hosted a webinar on staffing shortages and extreme heat in prisons. Here are 4 takeaways that can inform your coverage — plus, watch the full webinar recording. The post Covering staffing or dangerous heat in prisons? Here are 4 things to know appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
We've created a quiz featuring questions about some of the topics The Journalist's Resource has covered in recent weeks. Give it a try and share it with your friends! The post The Journalist’s Resource reader quiz: Aug. 13, 2025 appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
These six tips will help journalists cover tribal colleges, which prepare tribal citizens to work in and strengthen tribal communities.| The Journalist's Resource
We explain why it's not unusual for preliminary and final employment estimates to differ, sometimes substantially. Plus, two charts showing the history of these data revisions. The post How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
Though little known to the public, the USPSTF plays a key role in determining which preventive services insurers must cover without a co-pay.| The Journalist's Resource
Researchers created a new method to calculate how many people are detained at ICE facilities – and uncovered some hidden population spikes.| The Journalist's Resource
An analysis of 25 years of U.S. policy documents reveals there's very little overlap in the scientific studies that Democrats and Republicans cite in congressional committees and think tanks, deepening concerns over shared facts. The post Study reveals stark divide in how Democrats and Republicans cite science appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
Researchers at the Center for News, Technology & Innovation shed light on a mismatch between how journalists and the public view journalism in the age of artificial intelligence. The post What journalists and the public think about journalism and technology appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
Recent research can help journalists investigate barriers many U.S. students face trying to transfer from a community college to a university. Some papers published in 2025 provide solutions. The post Community college transfer processes often discourage students from earning bachelor’s degrees, research shows. appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
News audiences want to know when journalists use artificial intelligence. Here's how news organizations can disclose their use of AI, with tips from Trusting News. The post What U.S. audiences want newsrooms to disclose about their AI use: 4 insights from Trusting News appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
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An immigration scholar guides us through the process of analyzing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest data, based on datasets published by the Data Deportation Project. The post How to make sense of ICE arrest data appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
The US government is paying $1 trillion a year in interest on its debt. With interest costs outpacing national defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to audiences. The post The national debt: How and why the US government borrows money appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.| The Journalist's Resource
We spotlight key research and reports on child deaths in hot cars, including how often caregivers face criminal prosecution.| The Journalist's Resource
research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it| The Journalist's Resource
Journalists and public health experts share strategies for building trust, using careful language and improving coverage of health misinformation during a workshop at the AHCJ annual conference.| The Journalist's Resource
As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at AHCJ25 shared tips and tools for uncovering and preserving vital information.| The Journalist's Resource
Here's what journalists need to know to bolster their reporting on potential cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.| The Journalist's Resource
Journalists, journalism faculty and others recently took our audience survey to give us valuable feedback on how we can help them in 2025.| The Journalist's Resource
We unlock the laws and regulations that define how federal workers have, until recently, typically been hired and fired.| The Journalist's Resource
A Wall Street Journal reporting team reveals how they got access to a huge tranche of Medicare data and offer four reporting tips.| The Journalist's Resource
Knowing these eight things will help journalists ask better questions and provide more probing coverage of minority-serving institutions.| The Journalist's Resource
Learn how many immigrant workers are in the labor market, which industries would be most affected by a shortage of immigrant workers + more.| The Journalist's Resource
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.| The Journalist's Resource
We explain the pros and cons of four types of research paper: White papers, working papers, preprints and academic journal articles.| The Journalist's Resource
To help journalists cover the 2024 U.S. election, we share a collection of the election-related resources we’ve published so far this year.| The Journalist's Resource
Journalists who want to learn about the benefits and pitfalls of poll and survey research can start with these five things.| The Journalist's Resource
Check out our interactive timeline and find out when your state can start processing advance ballots for the November 2024 general election.| The Journalist's Resource
As Election Day in the U.S. fast approaches, it's important to remind news audiences about voter registration deadlines in each state.| The Journalist's Resource
Public health champions emphasize the importance of voter registration, noting that voting and health are associated.| The Journalist's Resource
Question order bias can affect how people answer questions. These five tips can help journalists avoid covering problematic polls and surveys.| The Journalist's Resource
Bad weather discourages Election Day voting. Research suggests mail ballots and other alternative voting methods can reduce the impact.| The Journalist's Resource
Thomas Patterson's assessment of 2024 presidential election coverage so far: too few issues, and too many polls and overblown controversies.| The Journalist's Resource
The two most common methods for measuring marijuana use in impaired drivers are blood and saliva tests, but both methods have been criticized.| The Journalist's Resource
Criminologist Adam Lankford has found that mass shooters and suicide bombers are looking for fame. In an interview with JR, he asks journalists not to honor them, not to publish their names and pictures.| The Journalist's Resource
Practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protects survivors from further harm.| The Journalist's Resource
This tip sheet explains what a nationally representative sample is and why journalists need to scrutinize research samples.| The Journalist's Resource
What journalists should know about poll workers, the history of electoral violence and if Americans think political violence is justified.| The Journalist's Resource
This piece explains what medication abortion is and lists overwhelming evidence that shows mifepristone and misoprostol's safety.| The Journalist's Resource
To help journalists understand margin of error and how to interpret data from surveys and polls, we offer these seven tips, with examples.| The Journalist's Resource
Why does it matter whether research studies have undergone peer review? What is peer review? We outline five things journalists should know.| The Journalist's Resource
A reporting team from ProPublica shares seven tips from their yearlong investigation into power, money, access and ethics on the U.S. Supreme Court.| The Journalist's Resource
Felony disenfranchisement is common practice in the U.S., but specifics vary widely by state. Keep reading for 6 studies to know on the topic.| The Journalist's Resource
It may be the narrative around deepfakes -- rather than the deepfakes themselves -- that most undermines election integrity.| The Journalist's Resource
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education| The Journalist's Resource
This is our archive of research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets related to economics and economic inequality.| The Journalist's Resource
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to health, health care and health equity| The Journalist's Resource
You can republish our articles for free, both online and in print, and we encourage you to do so. We only ask that you follow a few basic guidelines.| The Journalist's Resource
We teamed up with two journalists who know a lot about guns to create a tip sheet to help journalists avoid errors when reporting on firearms.| The Journalist's Resource
Studies show that areas with fewer local news outlets have lower levels of civic engagement, voter turnout and political accountability.| The Journalist's Resource
