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: October 3, 2008 | | In the period that stretched from her introduction as John McCain’s running mate to the run-up to this week’s vice-presidential debate, Sarah Palin generated an extraordinary amount of media attention. In fact, when it comes to making headlines, no one has topped the Alaska Governor.
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| | Date Posted: September 25, 2008 | | The week of Sept. 15-21 was dominated by news of perhaps the nation’s biggest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. With Washington, Wall Street, and Main Street all affected, which elements of the financial crisis generated the most headlines?
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| | Date Posted: September 18, 2008 |
The crisis on Wall Street, and its implications for the economy, now command the attention of the nation and the media. Even the focus of the presidential campaign has now changed. But in the weeks leading up to what most experts consider the worst financial emergency in decades, coverage of the economy had slowed down significantly.
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| | Date Posted: September 11, 2008 | | Two major U.S. storms made the list of top five stories for the week of Sept. 1-8. While that level of coverage may be unusual, some media sectors tend to pay more attention to dangerous weather and disasters than others. |
| | Date Posted: September 4, 2008 | | The veepstakes and convention time have commanded much of the media’s attention in recent days. With so much focus on the horserace and party pageantry, which campaign topics fell by the wayside?
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| | Date Posted: August 27, 2008 | After days of intense speculation by the press, Barack Obama introduced his running mate on Aug. 23. Was that choice a surprise? Or did the media prognosticators and pundits have it figured out?
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| | Date Posted: August 20, 2008 | | The resignation of Pakistani President and U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf is generating headlines this week. But in general, the U.S. media have not devoted significant coverage to Pakistan—with one notable exception.
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| | Date Posted: August 14, 2008 | | When the ex-presidential hopeful admitted to an extramarital affair that had long been alleged by a supermarket tabloid, it became a big story for the rest of the media. But the immediate reactions from cable news and the broadcast networks were quite different.
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| | Date Posted: August 6, 2008 | | Last week, the indictment of seven-term Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was a major story. But he’s not the only politician to have found himself in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Here’s a rundown of the most heavily covered scandals involving public officials in the past two years.
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| | Date Posted: July 31, 2008 | | Crime was big news last week. The case of a missing two-year-old in Florida was a major story. And the Washington Post published a series on the unsolved seven-year-old murder of former federal intern Chandra Levy. How often does crime make headlines? And which media pay the most attention?
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