USA TODAY To Collaborate With Pew Research Center On Public Opinion Polling

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY is proud to announce a new collaboration with the Pew Research Center to survey public opinion on the biggest issues facing the nation.

The new USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll will debut this week with a look at Americans' attitudes toward the agenda facing Congress and the priorities outlined by President Obama in his State of the Union address.

"We are excited to announce our new collaboration with Pew Research Center. USA TODAY uses polling to stay in touch with Americans' views and spark a national conversation about our country's challenges and the best course forward to meet them. We think it's important to recognize and explore the diversity of public opinion in the United States," said Dave Callaway, editor-in-chief of USA TODAY.

"Our new survey with USA TODAY will provide a great opportunity to better understand what the American public thinks about the key political and policy issues of the day," said Alan Murray, president of the Pew Research Center. "We look forward to working with USA TODAY's journalists on this new collaboration, which will add to our growing research agenda on the trends shaping America and the world."

The series of surveys will continue a long tradition at USA TODAY of using national polling to explore the mood of Americans, their assessment of top concerns in their lives and the policies and solutions they support.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

USA TODAY is a multi-platform news and information media company. Founded in 1982, USA TODAY's mission is to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation.  Through its unique visual storytelling, USA TODAY delivers high-quality and engaging content across print, digital, social and video platforms.  An innovator of news and information, USA TODAY reflects the pulse of the nation and serves as the host of the American conversation – today, tomorrow and for decades to follow. USA TODAY, the nation's number one newspaper in print circulation with an average of nearly 1.8 million daily, and USATODAY.com, an award-winning newspaper website launched in 1995, reach a combined 6.6 million readers daily. USA TODAY is a leader in mobile applications with more than 16 million downloads on mobile devices. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).

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