Where Journalists Risk Their Lives to Report

The violence in Syria continues to escalate, and with it comes an uptick in victims who are there to report on the conflict. PEJ looks at how the country’s current civil war ranks among other conflicts in recent years when it comes to journalism casualties.

• 39% — On Twitter, Mixed Reviews for Opening Night at the Olympics
• 150% — As the Ratings War Intensifies, What Sets Morning News Apart?
• No. 5 — When Euro Zone Woes Make the News
• 33% — This Time Around, Less News from the Campaign
• 43% — One Year After bin Laden’s Death, a Political Slant to the Story
• 32% — Twitter Conversation about Student Loans is More Personal, Less Political
• 14% — The Media Stayed with the Trayvon Martin Story
• 0.3% — What Happened to Coverage of the “Arab Spring?”
• 1st — The Health Care Debate is Back in the News
• #4 — Massacre Puts Afghanistan Back in the Headlines
• No. 5 — When Violent Weather Makes News
• 24% — Birth Control Mandate Is A Bigger Talk Show Story
• 47% — State of the Union Coverage Shrinks

Nonprofit Journalism -- A Growing but Fragile Part of the U.S. News System

As the economics of commercial journalism have been upended and newsrooms have shrunk, a variety of funders have sponsored nonprofit news operations to fill perceived information gaps. A report finds that while they voice optimism about the future, many organizations worry that they don’t have sufficient business-side resources.

• Newsweek By the Numbers
• Fact Tank: Citizen Journalists Capture a Disaster
• Fact Tank: Al Jazeera America’s Biggest Challenge -- ‘Getting People to Show up’
• Gun Control and the Media
• Media and the Boston Bombings - Press Roundup
• Newspapers Turning Ideas into Dollars
• Will Conservative Talkers Take On Immigration Reform?
• In Social Media and Opinion Pages, Newtown Sparks Calls for Gun Reform
• The Media, Religion and the 2012 Campaign for President
• The Demographics of Mobile News
• Featured Infographics Selected in PEJ Economist Challenge
• Arab-American Media
• The Final Days of the Media Campaign 2012

Hurricane Sandy and Twitter:

How did people use Twitter during Hurricane Sandy and what did they tweet about? A new study from PEJ shows that over half of the conversation on and around the hurricane’s landfall was news, information, photos and videos of and about the super storm.

• NMI — Apple Announcements Dominate the Blogosphere:
• NMI — How a Pop Tune Became the Hottest Social Media Meme : June 4 - 8, 2012
• NMI — Smartphone Speculation Soars on Social Media: May 28-June 1
• NCI — Presidential Election Leads the News: May 28 - June 3, 2012
• NMI — The Blogosphere Worries about Government Propaganda: May 21-25, 2012
• NCI — Cable News Drives Election Coverage: May 21-27, 2012
• NMI — Pop Culture is King in Social Media: May 14-20, 2012
• NCI — Election Leads as Campaigns Go National: May 14-20, 2012
• NMI — In Social Media, Support for Same-sex Marriage: May 7-11, 2012
• NCI — Obama's "Evolution" Leads the News: May 7-13, 2012
• NMI — Bloggers Discuss Barack Obama’s Dating Life : April 30-May 4, 2012