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: October 15, 2009 | | The H1N1 virus, or the swine flu as it is widely known, was back in the news last week as the first doses of the vaccine were made available to the public. How has the level of coverage of the flu pandemic compared to media attention to other serious diseases in 2009? |
| | Date Posted: October 7, 2009 | | Three overseas natural disasters showed up in the U.S. news agenda last week, with two of them making the roster of top 10 stories. Which other destructive storms and natural catastrophes have registered as major newsmakers in 2009?
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| | Date Posted: October 1, 2009 | | Najibullah Zazi—the man recently indicted on charges of planning a terrorist attack on American soil—has become a household name and the focus of major media attention. What other alleged terror plots have generated significant coverage in the past few years? |
| | Date Posted: September 24, 2009 | | The fallout from his outburst during President Obama’s recent health care speech helped make South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson a household name. Which other elected officials on Capitol Hill have generated major coverage in 2009, and why?
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| | Date Posted: September 16, 2009 | | The subject of education rarely generates major attention in the news media, but that changed when Barack Obama prepared to talk to public school children on September 8. How a mostly political flap turned into the biggest week of education coverage since PEJ began monitoring the news agenda.
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| | Date Posted: September 2, 2009 | | The disturbing case of Jaycee Dugard, who turned up safe on August 28 after being kidnapped 18 years earlier, was the fifth-biggest story last week, beating out such topics as Afghanistan and the Michael Jackson investigation. Indeed, in the past several years, a number of high-profile missing person stories have generated substantial press attention.
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| | Date Posted: August 26, 2009 | | While coverage of the financial crisis and economy has diminished in recent months, it remains a major summer story. And the most prevalent economic storyline in recent weeks doesn’t involve the housing market, unemployment numbers, troubled banks or the stimulus package.
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| | Date Posted: August 19, 2009 | | Although U.S. troops have been fighting and dying in Afghanistan since 2001, for most of that time the conflict has generated only modest press attention. But lately, with the conflict escalating and the Obama administration making it a strategic priority, the media are beginning to take more notice. |
| | Date Posted: August 12, 2009 | | The turbulent August 3 Continental flight and the deadly Hudson River crash five days later are two of the most recent air travel accidents to attract media attention. And according to PEJ’s News Coverage Index, 2009 has been, sadly, a busy year when it comes to air disasters in the headlines.
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| | Date Posted: August 6, 2009 | | Last week’s police raid on the home of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, kept the singer’s death in the headlines. In the five weeks since his June 25 passing, the Jackson saga has trailed only the economy and health care on the list of top stories. Which media sectors have been paying the most attention?
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