Project for Excellence in Journalism
American organization that studies the press / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Project for Excellence in Journalism was a tax-exempt research organization in the United States that used empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press.
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Established | 1997 (1997) |
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Director | Tom Rosenstiel |
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The organization's director was Tom Rosenstiel, a professor of journalism who has served as a media critic and political correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek.
The organization was founded in 1997, and it was formerly affiliated with the Columbia School of Journalism.
In 2006, it separated from Columbia University and joined the Pew Research Center, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, a private organization.
In January 2014 the Project for Excellence in Journalism was renamed the Pew Research Center's Journalism Project.[1]