Jeff Gottfried

Jeffrey Gottfried is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center, where he is an expert on the public’s views, habits and experiences around news and information. He has authored or co-authored a number of reports, including ones about trust in news, media coverage of presidential administrations, journalists’ views of their own industry, and misinformation. Gottfried is involved in all parts of research projects, including developing research questions, designing survey questionnaires, analyzing data, and writing reports. He is regularly cited by news outlets, and often briefs various individuals and groups, including academics, journalists, and other influential stakeholders. Prior to joining the Center, Gottfried was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and received his Ph.D. in communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, where his work focused on the role of election campaigns on voters’ attitudes and behaviors. His work has been published in journals such as Political Communication and Mass Communication and Society.