To help news outlets avoid biased coverage leading up to Election Day, we look at recent research on gender bias in political ...

Bad weather discourages Election Day voting. Research suggests mail ballots and other alternative voting methods can reduce ...

Thomas Patterson's assessment of 2024 presidential election coverage so far: too few issues, and too many polls and overblown ...

What happens when once reliable indicators of the world’s climate future suddenly seem not so dependable? That’s one startling puzzle from 2023, when scientists’ predictions based on past observations ...

Media scholar Thomas Patterson’s assessment of 2024 U.S. presidential election news coverage reminds him of years past: too few stories focusing on policy issues, and too many focusing on polls and ...

To help news outlets avoid biased coverage in the weeks before Election Day, we’re taking a close look at five recent studies assessing the state of gender bias in U.S. political reporting.

To help recruit teachers, many U.S. schools have moved to a four-day schedule. We look at research on its effect on students and schools. Subscribe. It’s free!Sign up for our free newsletter! You’ll ...

This tip sheet outlines some of the many ways researchers can help the news media cover research accurately, starting with the journalists who interview them about their own work.

The “costs” of the post-9/11 conflicts can vary according to the research organization doing the estimates and depend on the particular focus and units of measurement. A March 2013 paper from Harvard ...