Sara Atske is a digital producer at Pew Research Center, where she focuses on the development of digital products for the Center’s U.S. politics and journalism research. Atske has contributed to interactives on discussing President Donald Trump over dinner, views of political insults and the Center’s American News Pathways research. Before joining the Center, Atske received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Harvard University, where she also contributed to the Harvard Crimson. Atske is an active member of the Online News Association and National Association of Black Journalists.
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A step-by-step guide on how to use the American News Pathways interactive tool, which displays how Americans’ news habits and attitudes relate to what they hear, perceive and know about the 2020 U.S. presidential election and COVID-19.