---
title: "A Controversial Tragedy Turns Focus to Florida"
description: "The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available."
date: "2012-03-25"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/03/25/pej-news-coverage-index-march-1925-2012/"
---

# A Controversial Tragedy Turns Focus to Florida

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_march_1925_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data: March 19-25, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | Trayvon Martin Shooting  | 19% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election | 17 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 9 |

| 4 | Economy | 6 |

| 5 | French Jewish School Shooting | 5 |

| 6 | Health Care Debate | 5 |

| 7 | SCOTUS Actions  | 2 |

| 8 | Education System | 2 |

| 9 | Middle East Unrest | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 12% |

| 2 | Education System | 9 |

| 3 | Economy | 9 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 8 |

| 5 | Health Care Debate | 6 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 6 |

| 7 | SCOTUS Actions | 4 |

| 8 | European Economy | 4 |

| 9 | NFL Bounty System  | 3 |

### Online

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 15% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 15 |

| 3 | Afghanistan  | 13 |

| 4 | French Jewish School Shooting | 11 |

| 5 | Economy | 5 |

| 6 | Middle East Unrest | 3 |

| 7 | Health Care Debate | 3 |

| 8 | Apple News | 2 |

| 9 | NFL Bounty System | 2 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election |  14% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 13 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 12 |

| 4 | Health Care Debate | 6 |

| 5 | Economy | 6 |

| 6 | French Jewish School Shooting | 4 |

| 7 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 8 | SCOTUS Actions | 3 |

| 9 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 34% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election | 27 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 6 |

| 4 | Economy | 4 |

| 5 | Health Care Debate | 3 |

| 6 | French Jewish School Shooting | 3 |

| 7 | Acapulco Earthquake | 3 |

| 8 | Energy Debate | 2 |

| 9 | Middle East Unrest | 2 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 25% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election | 18 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 11 |

| 4 | Keystone Oil Pipeline | 6 |

| 5 | Economy | 5 |

| 6 | Gas/Oil Prices | 4 |

| 7 | French Jewish School Shooting | 4 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 9 | SCOTUS Actions | 3 |