Campaign leads high-turnover list

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Five events came out of nowhere to make it onto the top ten list on Project for Excellence in Journalism’s news coverage chart for the week of 12/2/07-12/7/07. There was a compelling one-timers, the shooting spree in an Omaha mall, and ongoing stories returning to the list, particularly the Iran saga following release of the National Intelligence Estimate. Winter storms were the meteorological event of the week, and Venezuela made a rare appearance on the list. Still, the 2008 campaign trumped them all as it closes in on Iowa and New Hampshire, where the first votes will be counted.


Story

Overall

Newspr

Online

NetTV

CATV

Radio

2008 campaign

19%

14%

9%

20%

31%

20%

Iran

11%

9%

8%

13%

15%

8%

Omaha mall shooting

7%

3%

11%

15%

6%

x

US economy

6%

11%

3%

7%

3%

2%

Domestic terrorism

5%

3%

7%

7%

7%

4%

Winter storms

4%

x

5%

9%

4%

x

Immigration

2%

x

x

x

4%

7%

Venezuela referendum

2%

3%

4%

1%

x

2%

Iraq events

2%

x

3%

x

x

3%

Iraq policy

2%

2%

x

2%

2%

3%

Iraq homefront

x

3%

x

x

x

x

Global warming

x

2%

x

x

x

3%

Holiday season

x

2%

x

x

x

x

Sudan teacher/teddy bear

x

x

6%

x

x

x

Russia election

x

x

6%

x

x

x

Stacey Peterson case

x

x

x

2%

1%

x

Don Imus

x

x

x

1%

x

x

Sean Taylor’s death

x

x

x

x

2%

x

Clinton HQ hostage

x

x

x

x

x

2%

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism