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Philip Michael Napoli

James R. Shepley Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
123 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
123 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Tuesdays, 12:30 -- 2:30 and by appointment  

Selected Grants


Under-Informative Political News in the Contemporary American Media Landscape

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rapoport Family Foundation · 2024 - 2025

Estimating the Local Journalism Funding Gap

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Democracy Fund · 2022 - 2025

Automated Assessment and Local Journalism: Continuing the Work of the News Measures Research Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Democracy Fund · 2018 - 2021

User Data as a Public Resource

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation · 2020 - 2020

Natural Disaster News: A Comparative Analysis of Local Newspaper Output and Social Media Sharing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Facebook Inc. · 2019 - 2020

News Measures Research Project Phase 2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Democracy Fund · 2016 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Biden School of Public Policy -- University of Delaware
  • Poynter Institute

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