---
title: "Big Win for Romney Makes Campaign Top Story"
description: "<p> The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p>"
date: "2012-04-08"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/04/08/pej-news-coverage-index-april-28-2012/"
---

# Big Win for Romney Makes Campaign Top Story

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish their regular news index report this week. Instead, PEJ published[ this campaign report](/commentary_backgrounder/PEJ%27s+Election+Analysis). The NCI data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_april_28_2012).

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 22 |

| 2 | Health Care Debate | 8 |

| 3 | Economy | 8 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 7 |

| 5 | DFW Area Tornadoes | 4 |

| 6 | Middle East Unrest | 4 |

| 7 | VA Beach Navy Jet Crash | 3 |

| 8 | Oikos University Shooting | 2 |

| 9 | Record Mega Millions Lottery | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 15% |

| 2 | Economy | 10 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 7 |

| 4 | Iran  | 5 |

| 5 | Education System | 5 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 5 |

| 7 | China | 3 |

| 8 | Middle East Unrest | 3 |

| 9 | SCOTUS Actions | 3 |

### Online

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 21% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 10 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 10 |

| 4 | Economy | 10 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest | 5 |

| 6 | NCAA Basketball Tournament | 4 |

| 7 | Oikos University Shooting | 3 |

| 8 | DFW Area Tornadoes | 3 |

| 9 | VA Beach Navy Jet Crash | 2 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 12% |

| 2 | DFW Area Tornadoes | 8 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 8 |

| 4 | Economy | 6 |

| 5 | Record Mega Millions Lottery | 5 |

| 6 | Middle East Unrest | 4 |

| 7 | Oikos University Shooting | 3 |

| 8 | GSA Head Resigns | 3 |

| 9 | VA Beach Navy Jet Crash | 2 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 34% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 10 |

| 3 | VA Beach Navy Jet Crash | 9 |

| 4 | Health Care Debate | 7 |

| 5 | DFW Area Tornadoes | 7 |

| 6 | Economy | 6 |

| 7 | North American Leaders' Summit | 4 |

| 8 | Iran | 2 |

| 9 | Middle East Unrest | 2 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 31% |

| 2 | Health Care Debate  | 10 |

| 3 | Economy | 7 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 7 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest  | 5 |

| 6 | Augusta National Membership Controversy | 3 |

| 7 | DFW Area Tornadoes | 3 |

| 8 | European Economy | 2 |

| 9 | GSA Head Resigns | 2 |