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When it came to France, a country with fewer confirmed cases (12) than Spain but more than China and New Zealand, coverage in one of the leading French dailies was sparse and not nearly as diplomatic.   Le Figaro in Paris ran just two front page stories during the first two weeks, with occasional teasers […]

By contrast, the Spanish-language papers in the United States covered the issue more heavily in their front pages than their English-language counterparts. But for at least two of the papers, the additional coverage came from wires rather than staff reporters. Overall, the three largest Spanish-language newspapers averaged 12 articles per paper over the 12 twelve […]

In Spain, coverage of the “H1N1 virus” in the widely read daily La Vanguardia, based in Barcelona, was more closely matched to the number of reported cases than other countries PEJ studied. As of May 10, Spain confirmed 93 cases (and no deaths), for an average of one story per 13 cases (7 stories in […]

Beyond the U.S. and Mexico, Canada reported the third-greatest number of H1N1 cases as of May 10. The Toronto Star, Canada’s highest circulation newspaper, published six front-page stories during the 12 days studied, a ratio of 1 story to 47 cases of the flu. The focus of the coverage in the Canadian paper, however, was […]

Inside the country of origin, the Mexico City-based newspaper El Universal covered the outbreak more than any other newspaper in the study. There were 20 front page articles over 12 days, plus teasers to additional coverage on the inside pages. Looking at the number of stories to cases, it amounts to one front-page story per […]

As a special report, Swine Flu Coverage around the World is based on the aggregated data collected by the Project for Excellence in Journalism from six international newspapers during the period April 27 to May 10, 2009, three Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. and three English-language papers in the U.S. This timeframe includes the week […]

The coverage of the flu in the New Zealand Herald, which is published in Auckland and is one of the country’s popular dailies, might be best described as feast or famine. As one of the first countries to identify case of H1N1 outside of North America, the story quickly made headlines. The Herald ran six […]