Donald Kimelman

Besides Consumer Reports WebWatch, the Venture Fund's varied portfolio includes The Pew Research Center For The People & The Press, a polling and research center that has become the premier source of information on what Americans are thinking about issues of the day; The Pew Global Attitudes Project, an initiative of the Pew Research Center to examine public opinion in 44 countries around the world on issues like globalization, the spread of democracy and the American-led war on terrorism; The Project for Excellence in Journalism, which seeks to renew journalists' sense of purpose and strengthen professional standards; The Pew Internet & American Life Project, which produces an array of reports on the social impact of the Internet; and the Pew Hispanic Center, which studies America's Latino communities and their impact on American civic, political and economic life.

Kimelman brought more than 25 years' experience in journalism to the Trusts when he arrived from the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1997. After joining the paper in 1979, he had a mix of local, national, foreign and investigative assignments, then turned to editing. He also served as an Inquirer national correspondent based in Houston, Texas, and as the newspaper's Moscow correspondent covering the period of transition from Brezhnev's death to Gorbachev's ascension. Kimelman was a member of the paper's editorial board for seven years, where he wrote frequently on urban issues and social policy. His most recent assignment for the Inquirer was as Pennsylvania editor, supervising state and suburban coverage. Previously he worked at the Annapolis Evening Capital and the Baltimore Sun.

Kimelman is a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.