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: 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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| | Date Posted: January 19, 2012 | | Though the economy and jobs may be the No. 1 issue in the race for president, media coverage of the U.S. financial crisis has declined markedly in recent months. PEJ looks into the possible cause of the drop off.
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| | Date Posted: December 16, 2011 | | The volatile race for the GOP presidential nomination has made the campaign a major story in recent months. But how has that coverage compared to the attention devoted to the 2008 race for president four years earlier?
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| | Date Posted: December 8, 2011 | | Once a fixture in the news, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has largely been out of the headlines for the past two months. That comes after a remarkable run of press attention to someone who was never a candidate for the presidency.
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| | Date Posted: November 16, 2011 | | The sexual abuse charges involving a former coach at Penn State University became a major national story last week. |
| | Date Posted: October 26, 2011 | | With the announcement of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by year's end, how much have Americans been hearing about that country in recent years?
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