For its News Index PEJ monitors 48 different news outlets each week (35 per week-day) from five different media sectors

Newspapers (Thirteen in all, Sun-Fri)

The New York Times every day

Tier 1 - Code 2 out of these 4 every day

Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
USA Today
Wall Street Journal

Tier 2 - Code 2 out of these 4 every day

Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago Tribune
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
San Francisco Chronicle

Tier 3 - Code 2 out of these 4 every day

New Hampshire Union-Leader
MetroWest Daily News
The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
Modesto Bee

Note: The tier 2 and tier 3 papers were changed as of the beginning of the second quarter in 2008.

Web sites (Five in all, Mon-Fri)

CNN.com
Yahoo News
MSNBC.com
Google News
AOL News

Network TV (Seven in all, Mon-Fri)

Morning shows

ABC – Good Morning America
CBS – Early Show
NBC - Today

Evening news

ABC – World News Tonight
CBS – CBS Evening News
NBC – NBC Nightly News
PBS – Newshour with Jim Lehrer

Cable TV (Fifteen in all, Mon-Fri)

Daytime (2–2:30 pm) – code 2 out of 3 every day

CNN
Fox News
MSNBC

Nighttime CNN – code 3 out of the 4 every day

Situation Room (6 pm)
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull
Anderson Cooper 360

Nighttime Fox News – code 3 out of the 4 every day

Special Report w/ Brit Hume
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith
O’Reilly Factor
Hannity & Colmes

Nighttime MSNBC – code 2 out of the 4 every day

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Hardball (7 pm)
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann
The Rachel Maddow Show

Radio (Eight in all, Mon-Fri)

Headlines every day

ABC Radio headlines at 9am and 5pm
CBS Radio headlines at 9am and 5pm
NPR Morning Edition every day

Talk Radio

Rush Limbaugh every other day

1 out of 2 additional conservatives each day
Sean Hannity
Michael Savage

1 out of 2 liberals each day
Ed Schultz
Randi Rhodes

Updated November 11, 2008