A wide variety of stories attracted the attention of journalist during the week of 1/26/09-2/1/09, but they were all eclipsed by the economic crisis, according to the latest report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Overall, econ stories took up almost half of available time and space, leaving things like the still-forming Obama administration, Mideast, weather and Blagojevich stories to divvy up the other half.
| Story | Overall | Newspaper | Online | Net.TV | CATV | Radio |
| Economic crisis | 45% | 42% | 43% | 36% | 54% | 48% |
| Blagojevich scandal | 8% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 13% | 6% |
| New Obama administration | 7% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 11% |
| Super Bowl | 3% | 8% | x | 2% | x | x |
| Snow and ice storms | 2% | x | 4% | 6% | 1% | 1% |
| Events in Iraq | 2% | 4% | 3% | x | x | x |
| Afghanistan | 2% | 4% | 3% | x | x | x |
| Going green | 2% | x | 3% | 2% | x | 1% |
| Gaza conflict | 2% | x | 3% | x | x | 2% |
| US auto industry | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | x | 1% |
| Russia | x | 4% | x | x | x | x |
| Global warming | x | 2% | x | x | 1% | x |
| New 111th Congress | x | 2% | x | x | x | x |
| John Updike dies | x | x | 4% | x | x | x |
| Octuplets in CA | x | x | x | 6% | 1% | x |
| Peanut butter/salmonella | x | x | x | 3% | x | x |
| Madoff banking scam | x | x | x | 2% | x | x |
| Presidential election results | x | x | x | x | 3% | x |
| Domestic terrorism | x | x | x | x | 2% | 3% |
| General Middle East | x | x | x | x | 1% | x |
| Fired US attorneys | x | x | x | x | 1% | x |
| Health care | x | x | x | x | x | 5% |
| Iran | x | x | x | x | x | 1% |
Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism
