---
title: "The Hudson Plane Landing Captures Media Attention"
description: "The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available."
date: "2009-01-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2009/01/19/incoming-obama-administration-leads-hudson-plane-landing-captures-attention/"
---

# The Hudson Plane Landing Captures Media Attention

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week.

View our [Top Ten Story List ](/pej_news_coverage_index_top_ten_news_stories_percent_january_1218_2009)

## January 12-18, 2009

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | New Obama Administration | 27% |

| 2 | Financial Crisis | 13 |

| 3 | Plane Lands in Hudson | 12 |

| 4 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 8 |

| 5 | Gaza Conflict | 8 |

| 6 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 3 |

| 7 | Cold, Freezing Temps | 2 |

| 8 | Blagojevich and Burris | 2 |

| 9 | Madoff banking Scam | 2 |

### Newspapers

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | New Obama Administration | 24% |

| 2 | Financial Crisis | 19 |

| 3 | Gaza Conflict | 14 |

| 4 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 4 |

| 5 | Plane Lands in the Hudson | 4 |

| 6 | Cold, Freezing Temps | 3 |

| 7 | Events in Iraq | 2 |

| 8 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 2 |

| 9 | Afghanistan | 2 |

### Online

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Financial Crisis | 23% |

| 2 | New Obama Administration | 18 |

| 3 | Gaza Conflict | 12 |

| 4 | Plane Lands in the Hudson | 7 |

| 5 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 6 |

| 6 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 4 |

| 7 | Events in Iraq | 3 |

| 8 | Madoff Banking Scam | 3 |

| 9 | Russia | 2 |

### Network TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | New Obama Administration | 30% |

| 2 | Plane Lands in the Hudson | 20 |

| 3 | Financial Crisis | 9 |

| 4 | Cold, Freezing Temps | 7 |

| 5 | Gaza Conflict | 5 |

| 6 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 4 |

| 7 | Madoff Banking Scam | 2 |

| 8 | War on Terror | 2 |

| 9 | U.S. Auto Industry | 2 |

### Cable TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | New Obama Administration | 33% |

| 2 | Plane Lands in the Hudson | 22 |

| 3 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 15 |

| 4 | Domestic Terrorism and Efforts to Combat | 5 |

| 5 | Blagojevich and Burris | 5 |

| 6 | Financial Crisis | 4 |

| 7 | Gaza Conflict | 3 |

| 8 | Fugitive Pilot Missing in FL Plane Crash | 2 |

| 9 | Madoff Banking Scam | 1 |

### Radio

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | New Obama Administration | 36% |

| 2 | President Bush's Last Days in White House | 10 |

| 3 | Plane Lands in the Hudson | 9 |

| 4 | Madoff Banking Scam | 5 |

| 5 | Financial Crisis | 3 |

| 6 | U.S. Auto Industry | 2 |

| 7 | Presidential Election Results | 2 |

| 8 | Gaza Conflict | 2 |

| 9 | Cold, Freezing Temps | 1 |