PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

February 23 - March 1, 2009

Click here to return to the report.

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	38%
2	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	10
3	Iraq Policy Debate	6
4	Obama Administartion	5
5	Oscar Awards	2
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
7	Health Care Debate	2
8	Mexican Drug War	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	Events in Iraq	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	43%
2	Health Care Debate	6
3	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	6
4	Obama Administration	6
5	Mexican Drug War	5
6	Events in Iraq	5
7	Iraq Policy Debate	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1
10	Tiger Woods Returns After Surgery	1

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	36%
2	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	6
3	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	6
4	Iraq Policy Debate	6
5	Oscar Awards	5
6	U.S. Auto Industry	3
7	Obama Administration	3
8	Turkish Airlines Plane Crash in Amsterdam	3
9	Cyberspace Issues	2
10	Pakistan	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	36%
2	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	14
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	Oscar Awards	4
5	Obama Administration	3
6	Turkish Airlines Plane Crash in Amsterdam	2
7	Clinton's Trip to Asia	2
8	Pakistan	2
9	Newspaper Industry Troubles	1
10	Pentagon Lifts Ban on Photos of War Casualties	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	35%
2	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	16
3	Iraq policy Debate	10
4	Obama Administartion	6
5	Chimp Attack	2
6	Presidential Election Results	2
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
8	Mexican Drug War	2
9	U.S. Auto Industry	2
10	Health Care Debate	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	36%
2	Obama's Address to Joint Congress	13
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	Oscar Awards	5
5	Obama Administration	4
6	Presidential Election Results	3
7	Afghanistan	2
8	U.S. Auto Industry	2
9	Energy Debate	2
10	Health Care Debate	1