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Expert Commentary

Media

Millennials, news and important trends: Research data from the Media Insight Project

by John Wihbey | March 19, 2015

2015 report from the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on how persons age 18 to 34 engage with news and their online habits.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

The law and social science of stop-and-frisk tactics by the police

by Rachael Stephens | March 18, 2015

2014 study by Yale examining recent scholarship on the effectiveness of “stop, question and frisk” and how it affects public perceptions of and interactions with the police.

Expert Commentary

U.S. data explorer (U.S. Census Bureau)
Media

Addressing journalistic innumeracy and math phobia: A sequence of resources to sharpen your mind

by John Wihbey | March 11, 2015

2015 roundup of useful materials and tip sheets that can help journalists improve their mathematical reasoning skills and reduce errors across a range of subjects.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Community-oriented policing strategies: Meta-analysis of law enforcement practices

by Martin Maximino | March 11, 2015

2014 study in the Journal of Experimental Criminology measuring the effectiveness of community policing in the United States through a quantitative analysis of prior academic studies.

Expert Commentary

Microsoft Academic Search (screenshot)

How to find an expert and tap research networks on deadline: Tips on Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search

by John Wihbey | March 10, 2015

Review of how to use Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search in order to locate and leverage networks of scholarly experts.

Expert Commentary

ISIS tweet locations (Brookings.edu)
Economics, Media, Politics & Government

Social and news media, violent extremism, ISIS and online speech: Research review

by John Wihbey | March 10, 2015

2015 roundup of research relevant to the debate over extremists’ usage of social media channels to deliver propaganda and efforts to deal with threats and incitement online.

Expert Commentary

Economics

How ideology distorts Americans’ perceptions of social mobility

by Rachael Stephens and John Wihbey | March 9, 2015

2015 review of research on social mobility in the U.S., with a focus on a study in Psychological Science examining associations between ideology and perceptions of mobility.

Expert Commentary

critical thinking (iStock)

Guide to critical thinking, research, data and theory: Overview for journalists

by John Wihbey | March 6, 2015

Terms and concepts relating to academic research methods, theories and ways of thinking about questions.

Expert Commentary

Media, Politics & Government

Local news and citizen engagement in the Internet age: Pew Research Center report 2015

by John Wihbey | March 5, 2015

March 2015 report from the Pew Research Center examining the news ecosystems across three cities — Denver, Colo.; Macon, Ga.; and Sioux City, Iowa.

Expert Commentary

HPV vaccination (CDC)
Health, Media, Politics & Government

Media coverage of political disputes about public health measures: Research brief

by Scholars Strategy Network | March 4, 2015

2014 research brief on how local and national media coverage of local health issues shifts over time, by Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University, and Sarah Elizabeth Gollust, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

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4 takeaways on the economic consequences of the Iran war
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4 takeaways on the economic consequences of the Iran war

March 20, 2026

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Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects
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Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects

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In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.

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287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers
Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers

April 30, 2025

“In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy,” writes immigration scholar Austin Kocher.

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