PEJ News Coverage Index - Top ten Stories by Percent

June 1 - 7, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Obama's Overseas Trip	20%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	13
3	Economic Crisis	11
4	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	10
5	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	8
6	Sonia Sotomayor	5
7	Health Care Debate	3
8	China	2
9	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	2
10	Afghanistan	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	17%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	17
3	Obama's Overseas Trip	13
4	Health Care Debate	7
5	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	6
6	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	5
7	Afghanistan	4
8	Sonia Sotomayor	4
9	China	4
10	Mexican Drug War	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	20%
2	Obama's Overseas Trip	16
3	Economic Crisis	13
4	U.S. Auto Industry	13
5	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	5
6	China	4
7	Sonia Sotomayor	3
8	North Korea	2
9	David Carradine Dies	2
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	1

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Obama's Overseas Trip	24%
2	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	16
3	U.S. Auto Industry	13
4	Economic Crisis	6
5	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	5
6	Sonia Sotomayor	4
7	North Korea	3
8	New Obama Administration	2
9	Britian's Got Talent, Susan Boyle	1
10	Iran	1

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Obama's Overseas Trip	25%
2	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	14
3	U.S. Auto Industry	9
4	Sonia Sotomayor	8
5	Economic Crisis	6
6	U.S. Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat	5
7	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	5
8	Obama Administration	3
9	Health Care Debate	2
10	Military Recruiter Killed by Muslim Convert	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Obama's Overseas Trip	28%
2	U.S. Auto Industry	17
3	Sonia Sotomayor	8
4	Economic Crisis	7
5	Dr. Tiller, Kansas Doctor Killed	5
6	Health Care Debate	5
7	North Korea	3
8	Air France Plane Vanishes Near Brazil	2
9	Afghanistan	2
10	China	1