PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten News Stories by Percent

January 11-17, 2010

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	41%
2	Economic Crisis	10
3	Obama Administration	5
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	MA Senate Race	3
6	China	2
7	2010 Elections	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2
10	Leno Vs. Conan	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	27%
2	Economic Crisis	13
3	China	6
4	Health Care Debate	4
5	Leno Vs Conan	4
6	Education System	3
7	2010 Elections	3
8	Same-sex Marriage Debate	3
9	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	3
10	Winter Olympics	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	37%
2	Economic Crisis	15
3	Health Care Debate	5
4	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
5	China	4
6	2010 Elections	3
7	Fort Hood Shooting	3
8	Sarah Palin	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	US Airline Industry	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	53%
2	Economic Crisis	10
3	Obama Administration	6
4	Leno Vs. Conan	5
5	Afghanistan	4
6	Baseball Steroids Scandal	3
7	Presidential Election Results	1
8	Texting and Driving	1
9	US Auto Industry	1
10	Global Warming	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	56%
2	Obama Administration	14
3	Health Care Debate	4
4	Economic Crisis	4
5	Sarah Palin	3
6	Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
7	MA Senate Race	2
8	Yemen	1
9	Missing Persons	1
10	2010 Elections	1

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Haiti Earthquake	28%
2	MA Senate Race	13
3	Economic Crisis	10
4	Health Care Debate	5
5	2010 Elections	4
6	Mexican Drug War	3
7	US Auto Industry	2
8	Afghanistan	2
9	Sarah Palin	2
10	Obama Administration	2