Numbers: Our Data Library
This library contains all data PEJ creates or collects about the news media. The selections below will appear as charts you can customize. Use the menus on the left to filter the data according to your interests.
| | Date Posted: May 9, 2012 | | The one-year anniversary of the assault on the al Qaeda leader’s compound in Pakistan generated significant coverage last week in the mainstream media. A PEJ examination of that coverage finds that the biggest component was actually related to U.S. domestic politics. |
| | Date Posted: May 4, 2012 | | The Beltway debate over student loan rates was among the top stories in the mainstream media last week, with much of that focus on the political skirmishing. But on Twitter last week, more of the conversation was about the need to keep the rates low and their impact on students.
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| | Date Posted: April 26, 2012 | | After
a slow start, coverage of the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin
generated the most sustained substantial coverage of any race-related story
that PEJ has studied since it began tracking news in 2007. Here is how that
coverage compares with other major news events that had a strong racial
component.
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| | Date Posted: April 13, 2012 | | Slightly over a year ago, turmoil across the Middle East became one of the biggest stories in the U.S. media. Today, although unrest and political uncertainty continue to ripple throughout the region, the media’s interest in the story has virtually vanished.
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| | Date Posted: April 4, 2012 | | The once raging health care debate resurfaced as major news last week thanks to crucial Supreme Court hearings. But that comes after nearly two years when the topic generated only modest to minimal attention. A PEJ report looks at the ups and downs of health care coverage.
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| | Date Posted: March 22, 2012 | | Events in Afghanistan do not always generate significant media coverage, but the recent killing of 16 civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier, certainly did. What other events have produced a spike in coverage of the 10-year-old war?
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| | Date Posted: March 8, 2012 | | Until last week, it had been a while since a weather event generated major media attention. That changed when dozens of tornadoes ripped through the south and Midwest, killing more than 40 people. What other weather stories have made news in the past year?
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| | Date Posted: February 15, 2012 | |
The debate over whether religious institutions should have to cover birth control peaked last week when the Obama Administration modified its policy. That controversy, however, made much bigger news in some parts of the media than in others.
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| | Date Posted: February 2, 2012 | | The two least covered State of the Union speeches in recent years have had something in common. A PEJ examination of media attention to these major presidential addresses reveals what that is.
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| | Date Posted: January 25, 2012 | | NewsCorp this week announced plans to launch of a new Spanish-language channel. The industry leader, Univision, is introducing three new channels this spring. The Project for Excellence in Journalism looks at recent data that speaks to the recent influx of Spanish-language programming.
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