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 December 16, 2012  This story, plus MSNBC shows the most ratings growth in cable news and what the digital future of Newsweek will look like, all in today's headlines.
Today's Lead The Media, Religion and the 2012 Campaign for PresidentReligion played a minor role in coverage of the 2012 campaign, even though the raced pitted the first major Mormon nominee against an incumbent whose faith has been a source of controversy. A new report from PEJ and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life examines role of faith in 15 months of campaign coverage.  #1 Rank of Syria among the Deadliest Places for Journalists in 2012 Where Journalists Risk Their Lives to ReportThe violence in Syria continues to escalate, and with it comes an uptick in victims who are there to report on the conflict. PEJ looks at how the country’s current civil war ranks among other conflicts in recent years when it comes to journalism casualties.
  The Demographics of Mobile NewsYounger Americans demonstrate much stronger news habits in the mobile realm than on other news platforms, according to a new study by PEJ in collaboration with The Economist Group. Another finding, with potentially significant implications for the news industry, reveals that younger users are more responsive than other age groups to advertisements in the mobile news space. What other demographics affect mobile news habits?
  Hurricane Sandy and Twitter:How did people use Twitter during Hurricane Sandy and what did they tweet about? A new study from PEJ shows that over half of the conversation on and around the hurricane’s landfall was news, information, photos and videos of and about the super storm.
Tom Rosenstiel, the founder and director of PEJ for the last 15 years, has been named the Executive Director of The American Press Institute. Amy Mitchell, who has worked as Deputy Director at PEJ throughout the organization's 15 years, will become PEJ's Acting Director. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism is pleased to release the 2011 News Coverage Index data set and toplines of additional content analysis reports. 
The Who Owns the News Media database offers financial statistics on 123 companies and the more than 4,000 radio and television stations, newspapers, magazines and news websites that they own. 
PEJ's latest report on the health and status of American journalism is now online. This year's report includes analysis of the eight main sectors of media and special reports on mobile devices and news consumption and the role of Facebook and Twitter in news. Explore the tone and volume of news coverage and Twitter conversations about each presidential candidate in the Campaign 2012 in the Media interactive.
Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach recently published their new book,Blur: How
to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload. It outlines what any
consumer should ask to decide whether the content they are looking at is
reliable.
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