---
title: "Election Leads as Campaigns Go National"
description: "<p> The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available. </p>"
date: "2012-05-22"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/05/22/pej-news-coverage-index-may-1420-2012/"
---

# Election Leads as Campaigns Go National

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week; however, the NCI data is available [here](/pej_news_coverage_index_may_1420_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data: May 14-20, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 17% |

| 2 | Economy | 14 |

| 3 | European Economy | 5 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 5 |

| 5 | Facebook News | 5 |

| 6 | John Edwards Scandal | 4 |

| 7 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 8 | Middle East Unrest | 3 |

| 9 | China | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | Economy | 20% |

| 2 | Energy Debate | 6 |

| 3 | 2012 Presidential Election | 5 |

| 4 | Education System | 5 |

| 5 | European Economy | 4 |

| 6 | US Minority Births Report | 4 |

| 7 | Middle East Unrest | 4 |

| 8 | Facebook News | 4 |

| 9 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 3 |

### Online

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

| 1 | Economy | 11% |

| 2 | European Economy | 11 |

| 3 | 2012 Presidential Election | 9 |

| 4 | Facebook News | 7 |

| 5 | Afghanistan | 6 |

| 6 | China | 6 |

| 7 | John Edwards Scandal | 5 |

| 8 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 3 |

| 9 | Same-Sex Marriage Debate | 3 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | Economy | 17% |

| 2 | John Edwards Scandal | 10 |

| 3 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 9 |

| 4 | Facebook News | 6 |

| 5 | 2012 Presidential Election | 4 |

| 6 | Donna Summer Dies | 4 |

| 7 | US Minority Births Report | 3 |

| 8 | Mexican Drug War | 3 |

| 9 | Mary Kennedy Suicide | 3 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 37% |

| 2 | Economy | 12 |

| 3 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 6 |

| 4 | Middle East Unrest | 5 |

| 5 | John Edwards Scandal | 4 |

| 6 | Facebook News | 3 |

| 7 | European Economy | 2 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 2 |

| 9 | Iran | 2 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 31% |

| 2 | Economy | 9 |

| 3 | Scott Walker Recall Efforts | 9 |

| 4 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 6 |

| 5 | Same-Sex Marriage Debate | 4 |

| 6 | Middle East Unrest | 3 |

| 7 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 8 | European Economy | 3 |

| 9 | Baseball Steroids Scandal | 2 |