---
title: "Data: Year in the News 2011"
description: "Follow the steps in this interactive to select among media sectors and news coverage categories. The data are based on more than 48,000 stories analyzed in PEJ’s News Coverage Index for the year."
date: "2012-01-01"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2012/01/01/year-in-the-news/"
---

# Data: Year in the News 2011