---
title: "Charges in the Trayvon Martin Case Compete for Media Coverage with the Campaign"
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: "2012-04-15"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/04/15/pej-news-coverage-index-april-915-2012/"
---

# Charges in the Trayvon Martin Case Compete for Media Coverage with the Campaign

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish their regular news index report this week. However, the NCI data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_april_915_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data: April 9-15, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 22% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 17 |

| 3 | Economy | 6 |

| 4 | North Korean News | 5 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest | 4 |

| 6 | Health Care Debate | 4 |

| 7 | Mike Wallace Dies | 3 |

| 8 | Apple News | 3 |

| 9 | Iran | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 12% |

| 2 | Health Care Debate | 11 |

| 3 | Economy | 9 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 9 |

| 5 | Mike Wallace Dies | 8 |

| 6 | China | 7 |

| 7 | Titanic Centennial | 4 |

| 8 | Education System | 4 |

| 9 | 2012 Non-Presidential Elections | 3 |

### Online

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 18% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 12 |

| 3 | Middle East Unrest | 8 |

| 4 | North Korean News | 8 |

| 5 | Economy | 6 |

| 6 | Apple News | 5 |

| 7 | Iran | 3 |

| 8 | Facebook News  | 2 |

| 9 | China | 2 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 18% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election  | 12 |

| 3 | North Korean News | 8 |

| 4 | Mike Wallace Dies | 6 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest  | 5 |

| 6 | 2012 Non-Presidential Elections | 4 |

| 7 | Apple News | 3 |

| 8 | Economy | 3 |

| 9 | Titanic Centennial | 2 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 38% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 35 |

| 3 | North Korean News  | 5 |

| 4 | Economy | 4 |

| 5 | Iran | 3 |

| 6 | Middle East Unrest | 2 |

| 7 | GSA Conference Spending Scandal | 1 |

| 8 | Gun Control  | 1 |

| 9 | Obama Administration | 1 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 29% |

| 2 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 10 |

| 3 | Health Care Debate | 8 |

| 4 | Economy | 6 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest | 4 |

| 6 | Tulsa OK Shooting | 3 |

| 7 | Iran | 3 |

| 8 | North Korean News | 3 |

| 9 | Afghanistan | 2 |