The media’s journalists are spreading the wealth when it comes to attention these days, thanks to the lack of a single overriding story.
The elections dominated all of last year, and before that Iraq was dominant for awhile, but these days a lot of different types of stories are being covered, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
In its report for 5/4/09-5/10/09, it found the economic crisis back on top, but with a modest 21% of the overall coverage. No other story made it into double digits, but at least nine stories received a significant 3% or greater.
| Story | Overall | Newspaper | Online | Net.TV | CATV | Radio |
| Economic crisis | 21% | 25% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 15% |
| Swine flu | 9% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 3% | 5% |
| Pakistan | 5% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Taxes | 5% | 6% | 5% | x | 4% | 6% |
| Domestic terrorism | 4% | 2% | 2% | x | 8% | 5% |
| Afghanistan | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Afgh./Pak. Ldrs meet Obama | 3% | x | 6% | 3% | 3% | x |
| CA wildfires | 3% | x | 4% | 8% | x | x |
| US auto industry | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | x | 4% |
| Souter to leave SCOTUS | 3% | 5% | x | x | x | x |
| Baseball steriods scandal | x | 3% | x | x | x | x |
| Obama administration | x | 2% | x | x | x | 4% |
| Wesleyan shooting | x | x | 5% | x | x | x |
| Southern storms | x | x | x | 4% | x | x |
| Drew Peterson scandal | x | x | x | 3% | 4% | x |
| John Edwards affair | x | x | x | 2% | x | x |
| Who leads GOP/Limbaugh | x | x | x | x | 6% | x |
| Health care debate | x | x | x | x | 4% | 6% |
| Somali pirates | x | x | x | x | x | 6% |
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism
