---
title: "Presidential Election Leads the News"
description: "<p> The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available. </p>"
date: "2012-06-06"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/06/06/pej-news-coverage-index-may-28-june-3-2012/"
---

# Presidential Election Leads the News

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week; however, the NCI data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_may_28_june_13_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data, May 28 - June 3, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 20% |

| 2 | Middle East Unrest | 9 |

| 3 | Economy  | 6 |

| 4 | John Edwards Scandal | 5 |

| 5 | Memorial Day Events/ Remembrances | 4 |

| 6 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 3 |

| 7 | Baseball Steroids Scandal | 3 |

| 8 | Cyberspace Issues | 2 |

| 9 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 2 |

### Newspapers

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

| 1 | Economy | 11% |

| 2 | 2012 Presidential Election | 9 |

| 3 | Memorial Day Events/ Remembrances | 8 |

| 4 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 7 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest | 7 |

| 6 | Education System | 6 |

| 7 | 9/11 Commemorations | 4 |

| 8 | European Economy | 3 |

| 9 | Facebook News | 3 |

### Online

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 15% |

| 2 | Baseball Steroids Scandal | 10 |

| 3 | Middle East Unrest | 9 |

| 4 | Terror Threats/ Homeland Security | 6 |

| 5 | Economy | 5 |

| 6 | John Edwards Scandal | 4 |

| 7 | Cyberspace Issues | 4 |

| 8 | Same-Sex Marriage Debate | 4 |

| 9 | Charles Taylor War Crimes Trial | 3 |

### Network TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 13% |

| 2 | Middle East Unrest | 12 |

| 3 | John Edwards Scandal | 12 |

| 4 | Tropical Storm/ Depression Beryl | 4 |

| 5 | Bloomberg Big Soda Ban | 4 |

| 6 | Memorial Day Events/ Remembrances | 3 |

| 7 | Obama Administration  | 3 |

| 8 | Global Warming | 3 |

| 9 | Cyberspace Issues | 3 |

### Cable TV

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 34% |

| 2 | Memorial Day Events/ Remembrances | 9 |

| 3 | Middle East Unrest | 9 |

| 4 | John Edwards Scandal | 7 |

| 5 | Abortion Controversy | 5 |

| 6 | Economy | 5 |

| 7 | Scott Walker Recall Efforts | 3 |

| 8 | Trayvon Martin Shooting | 3 |

| 9 | Obama Administration | 2 |

### Radio

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

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 30% |

| 2 | Economy | 11 |

| 3 | Middle East Unrest | 6 |

| 4 | Scott Walker Recall Efforts  | 6 |

| 5 | Obama Administration | 5 |

| 6 | Health Care Debate | 4 |

| 7 | Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee | 3 |

| 8 | Memorial Day Events/ Remembrances | 2 |

| 9 | War on Terror  | 2 |