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: February 5, 2009 | | The U.S. media’s coverage of international news has diminished in the
past year, due in large part to the drop in attention to the Iraq war.
Which stories have driven overseas coverage in the last 12 months? And
what kind of global events trigger significant press interest?
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| | Date Posted: January 29, 2009 | | Although George Bush’s presidency did not end until Jan. 20, his time in the spotlight began to diminish a lot earlier. In 2008, he was a lead newsmaker in about 2% of all stories, putting him behind Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Clinton. When and why did the 43rd President make news last year?
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| | Date Posted: January 15, 2009 | | Since Election Day, press attention to Barack Obama’s transition has accounted for one-sixth of all the stories produced by the media. Which aspects of his administration—personalities, policy or politics—have dominated transition coverage?
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| | Date Posted: January 8, 2009 | | A number of U.S. governors generated major headlines during the past year. One of them turned out to be the media phenomenon of the 2008 presidential campaign. But several others made news under far more unwelcome circumstances. |
| | Date Posted: December 17, 2008 | | Holiday season stories typically focus on travel, good deeds and crowded stores. But this year, the economic crisis has dropped a lump of coal into the media’s seasonal narrative. How does 2008 holiday coverage compare to last year?
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| | Date Posted: December 10, 2008 | | The big election news, of course, was the historic victory of Barack Obama. But that doesn’t mean the legislative branch of government didn’t make some headlines of its own. In the month since Election Day, which Congressional figures found themselves most often in the headlines?
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| | Date Posted: November 19, 2008 | | No media sector spent more time and energy covering the Presidential race in 2008 than the cable news networks. Now that the voters have spoken, how are the big three cable news outlets filling their airtime these days?
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| | Date Posted: November 13, 2008 | | On Nov. 4, Californians voted for Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in their state. That vote reversed a May California Supreme Court ruling allowing gay couples to wed. The press has followed the shifting tides of the same-sex marriage debate in California. Which key events made the most news?
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| | Date Posted: November 6, 2008 | | What was the biggest sports event of the year so far—those significant enough to jump from the sports pages to the front pages, from ESPN to Nightly News? The World Series may be bigger than many expect.
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| | Date Posted: October 24, 2008 | | The U.S. economy may be facing its greatest turmoil since the Great Depression, and the financial meltdown is proving to be a complex story for journalists. What aspects of the crisis are media outlets spending the most time on?
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