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Psychologist and demographer focusing on religion and migration at Pew Research Center
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We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.

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The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research in the United States and around the world, studying people’s religious beliefs and practices as well as their views on related issues, including religion’s role in public life. The ideal candidate will have a strong data journalism mindset, with the ability to translate complex quantitative findings into clear and engaging narratives that are nonpartisan and non-advocacy. This position will be embedded within the Religion research team, where the writer/editor will work collaboratively to shape the team’s research agenda, including identifying key research questions; contributing to survey development; and synthesizing findings into accessible and compelling storylines. The writer/editor will also evaluate drafts of research reports to determine whether there are shortcomings in the analysis; edit, rewrite and reorganize drafts as necessary to improve flow and clarity; and work with researchers and designers to create appropriate charts and tables. In addition, the writer/editor will provide guidance and training to the Religion team’s researchers and serve as a writing resource. Following the release of reports, the writer/editor may help disseminate research to the public through the Center’s social media channels, videos, newsletters, and virtual or in-person gatherings, always adhering to the Center’s independent, nonpartisan, non-advocacy stance. 
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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The religion team has an opening for a writer/editor with experience writing up complex quantitative findings for a general audience. Come work with us! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
Writer/Editor, Religion Research
Position Summary   The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team co...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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So happy to see Matt's EXCELLENT paper out in the world. I originally agreed to pitch in with sermon transcript analyses largely because I have a soft spot for grad students with overly ambitious plans, and I'm so impressed by how it all turned out.
matthewibillet.bsky.social Matthew I. Billet @matthewibillet.bsky.social · 19d
New pre-print analyzing 25,000 Christian sermon transcripts across the USA. Churches account for most systematic variance in sermon content, geographic region accounts for none. We identify niches in sermon content that may guide religious competition in USA.

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October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Any influencers who'll never take a partisan or advocacy stance wanna team up with an expert whose awkward personality, middle-aged suburban mom status and penchant for taking being genuine too far make her a bad candidate for sharing research through short videos? 😬
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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In my 9 years of chit chat about my work at Pew Research Center, people have consistently been surprised that:

- Pew is our benefactors' surname, not an acronym or reference to church seating
- Only around 170 of us are on staff (<100 researchers)
- As a 501c3, we give all of our work away for free
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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A majority of U.S. immigrants are concentrated in only a dozen metro areas

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Map of United States of America shows 20 U.S. metro areas with the largest number of immigrants as of 2023. These include New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington D.C. and Chicago. Circles over cities indicate size of immigrant population on a scale of 500,000 to 6 million.
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Immigrants from most regions are more likely to hold a Bachelor's degree or higher than native-born adults in the U.S. Nearly 20% of U.S. workers are immigrants, but their numbers are declining.
Stacked bar chart showing educational attainment by country or region of birth. Most regions show higher shares of people with Bachelor's degrees or more than for the U.S.-born, but 36% of all immigrants and 36% of all native-born adults age 25+ hold at least a Bachelor's degree.
August 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The U.S. immigrant population grew at a record-breaking pace throughout the past few years but has shrunk since January, marking its first decline since the 1960s.

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What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
As of June 2025, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.

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We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it. Pl...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I'd like to broaden this to "what really should be common knowledge but isn't" and point out that "life expectancy" is almost always shorthand for LE AT BIRTH. LE extends with age. A modest but literal majority of 70 year olds living in the U.S. today are expected to see 85.
kwcollins.bsky.social Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Aug 4
There's a lot of "what's common knowledge in your field that surprises outsider threads"

I want a "what really should be common knowledge in your field but isn't thread"

I'll go first. The "Be a voter" GOTV language finding does *not* replicate
August 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This post immediately brought 3 things to mind:

1. The Census Bureau's mission to count everyone is what enables us to study the size and characteristics of the unauthorized immigrant population.
Truth social post from @realDonaldTrump reads, "I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!:
August 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Soon after we released our report on the religious composition of migrants around the world last year, I had this conversation on BBC Four about our results and how the public discourse on the topic tends to shed more heat than light that's just as relevant today.

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BBC Audio | Sunday | Defining church, US religious electorate, Prison Reform
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Where religiously unaffiliated people are in the majority

🇨🇳 China (90%)
🇨🇿 Czech Republic (73%)
🇰🇵 North Korea (73%)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong (71%)
🇲🇴 Macao (68%)
🇻🇳 Vietnam (68%)
🇯🇵 Japan (57%)
🇳🇱 Netherlands (54%)
🇺🇾 Uruguay (52%)
🇳🇿 New Zealand (51%)

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The number of Christian-majority countries fell between 2010 and 2020
Countries that lost their Christian majorities all saw growing percentages of religiously unaffiliated people.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Well, well, well, if it isn't the religiously unaffiliated constituting about 28% of U.S. adults, just like in every one of the past several years.

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National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS)
NPORS is an annual survey of U.S. adults conducted by the Pew Research Center used to to produce benchmark estimates for several topics.
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July 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported
About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Sankey graphs depicting movement of individual voters are my favorite
johngramlich.bsky.social John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · Jun 27
A chart you can spend some time with: How a Biden victory in 2020 turned into a Trump win in 2024

From new @pewresearch.org study of validated voters: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Chart showing the flow of voters and nonvoters from 2020 to 2024, based on a Pew Research Center study of validated voters in each election.
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Hey there, Bluesky!

We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p

What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!
April 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Applications close in one month. Please apply if you'd like to come work with us for the summer!
johngramlich.bsky.social John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · Jan 6
Hello undergraduates! Pew Research Center is now accepting applications for our paid summer internship program in Washington, DC. Our full list of internships is here: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center... Applications are due Feb. 7.
Screenshot of a list of paid internships at Pew Research Center in summer 2025.
January 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Our post election survey finds Democrats more pessimistic about their party's future than at any point in the past eight years: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
After Trump’s victory, Democrats are more pessimistic about their party’s future
The partisan gap in Republican and Democratic views of their parties’ futures (35 percentage points) is much larger than after any recent election.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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From the Pew Research Center archives (October 2021): "Republican- and Democratic-led states alike require hundreds of thousands of their citizens – infants, toddlers and schoolchildren, mostly – to be vaccinated against a panoply of diseases." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Chart showing state vaccine requirements for enrollment in day care, child care or preschool. Chart showing state vaccine requirements for enrollment in K-12 schools.
November 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM