Kohut was a regular guest on National Public Radio, television news programs such as PBS NewsHour, and the editorial pages of major newspapers like The New York Times, where he presented Pew's poll results and analysis.

[5][4] From 1979-1989, Kohut was president of the Gallup Organization, and in 1989 he founded Princeton Survey Research Associates, an attitude and opinion research firm specializing in media, politics and public policy.

[citation needed] His essays appeared in the op-ed section of The New York Times and he was a regular columnist for the Columbia Journalism Review and AOL News.

[4] In 2014, Kohut received the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the board of directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University.

[6] Kohut died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia on September 8, 2015, six days after his 73rd birthday.