---
title: "2011: A Year in the News"
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: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/01/01/2011-a-year-in-the-news/"
categories:
  - "News Content Analysis"
  - "News Media Trends"
---

# 2011: A Year in the News