---
title: "Drama of a Chinese Dissident Closely Trails Election"
description: "<p> The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available. </p>"
date: "2012-05-08"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/05/08/pej-news-coverage-index-april-30-may-6-2012/"
---

# Drama of a Chinese Dissident Closely Trails Election

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish their regular news index report this week. Instead, PEJ published [this campaign report](/commentary_backgrounder/pejs_election_report). The NCI data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_april_30_may_6_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data: April 30 - May 6, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 15% |

| 2 | China | 12 |

| 3 | Economy | 9 |

| 4 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 8 |

| 5 | Afghanistan | 6 |

| 6 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 7 | John Edwards Scandal | 2 |

| 8 | European Economy | 2 |

| 9 | NOTW Hacking | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | China | 15% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election | 12 |

| 3 | Economy | 8 |

| 4 | European Economy | 3 |

| 5 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 3 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 7 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 8 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 9 | US Auto Industry | 2 |

### Online

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

| 1 | China | 15% |

| 2 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 10 |

| 3 | 2012 Presidential Election | 10 |

| 4 | Economy | 9 |

| 5 | Afghanistan | 5 |

| 6 | NOTW Hacking | 4 |

| 7 | Facebook News | 4 |

| 8 | European Economy | 3 |

| 9 | John Edwards Scandal | 3 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | China | 13% |

| 2 | Economy | 12 |

| 3 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 11 |

| 4 | Afghanistan | 10 |

| 5 | John Edwards Scandal | 9 |

| 6 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 7 | 2012 Presidential Election | 3 |

| 8 | Junior Seau Death | 2 |

| 9 | 9/11 Commemorations | 2 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 32% |

| 2 | China | 9 |

| 3 | Afghanistan | 9 |

| 4 | Economy | 5 |

| 5 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 5 |

| 6 | FAMU Hazing Scandals | 4 |

| 7 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 8 | War on Terror | 3 |

| 9 | Secret Service Prostitution Scandal | 2 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 19% |

| 2 | Economy | 15 |

| 3 | Osama bin Laden Killed | 9 |

| 4 | Afghanistan | 7 |

| 5 | China | 5 |

| 6 | Apple News | 4 |

| 7 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 8 | European Economy | 3 |

| 9 | Cyberspace Issues | 1 |