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    How the news topics Gen Z and Millennials follow relate to paying for and engaging with news

    Publishers may be able to develop different strategies and messages for moving Gen Z and Millennials “down the audience funnel” based on tendencies for different news followers to pay or share news. 

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    Information related to health or mental health

    Research shows many Americans are facing increasing mental health and well-being challenges, and Gen Z and Millennials have been especially affected in recent years.

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    Social issues such as abortion, gun policy, and LGBTQ issues

    About 15% of Millennials and Gen Z say they most closely follow news about social issues such as abortion, gun policy, or LGBTQ issues, and this section highlights their demographic makeup and news behavior. 

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    Crime and public safety

    When Gen Z and Millennials closely monitor news about crime and public safety, where do they turn for that information and how? The Media Insight [...]

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    Study methodology

    This survey was conducted by the Media Insight Project, an initiative of the American Press Institute (API) and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs [...]

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    Fine-tuning your Election Day coverage plans: A conversation with the AP

    With two weeks to go before Election Day, API hosted a discussion with journalists from The Associated Press last week to go over ways newsrooms [...]

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    How to reach younger, more diverse audiences

    We talked with four leading journalists in regional newsrooms across the country about how we all try to reach younger and more diverse audiences with our coverage.

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    24 lessons for the 2022 elections

    Industry leaders shared best practices, case studies and resources to help journalism organizations engage voters and provide resources needed for their audiences to cast informed ballots in the upcoming elections.

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    API Update

    Thirty-one news organizations to receive support from the American Press Institute through its Election Coverage and Community Listening Fund

    The projects funded will start immediately and run through this election year, but they will also yield important lessons for 2023 and 2024 that can be shared through journalism networks and conversations facilitated by API. 

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    Train and retrain

    Do you have the current skills, knowledge and training to be “fit for purpose” during this election season?

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