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 November 7, 2009  This story plus the rumors of the death of the Fort Hood shooter are greatly exaggerated, Oprah chooses between broadcast and her own cable network, and the Onion teams with Comedy Central for half-hour show top today's headlines.
Today's Lead Bloggers Outraged at a Horrific Assault: October 26-30A diverse mix of stories—from war policy to a scientific breakthrough—topped the news agenda in the blogosphere last week. But the dominant topic was a heinous crime that generated much more attention online than in the traditional press. On Twitter, the top subject was a very different kind of crime story.  317% Percentage Increase in Iran Coverage from 2008 to 2009 A Bull Market for Overseas NewsIn an era when foreign coverage in general has been decreasing, a number of overseas hotspots have generated substantially more attention this year than they did in 2008—with the exception of one war-torn nation. Which international stories are the most prominent in the news agenda in 2009? And why are they making headlines this year?
  Covering the Great RecessionThe economic downturn has made headlines for months. How has the press covered the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression? What elements of the economic story make the most news? Who is driving the coverage? PEJ addresses these questions and more in a new report on press coverage of the economy.
 The Big Three—Health Care, War and the Economy—Dominate Again: October 26-November 1, 2009Coverage of health care was up last week, the economy was down and the war in Afghanistan remained about the same. But together, this trio continued their run atop the news agenda, a pattern we began to see settle in earlier this fall.
In February 2009, a PEJ study found the Washington Press corps had not so much shrunk as been transformed by a rise in niche and foreign journalists. New data is now available on one aspect of that press corps, the Capitol Hill contingent.
Data from PEJ’s 2008 News Coverage Index and Campaign Coverage Index are now online. Additionally, toplines from nine distinct content studies produced last year are available.
The State of the News Media 2009, PEJ's annual report on the health of American Journalism is available online. The study analyzes trends in the main media sectors and includes features like a Year in the News, Lessons from the Election and more.
PEJ produced 20 reports related to the 2008 presidential campaign, plus studied the media coverage of the election week by week. See all of PEJ's campaign-focused research here.
 Updated Edition of the Elements of Journalism
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