Gabrielle Giffords’ Year in the News

After President Obama, the top newsmaker among politicians and public officials this year is a congresswoman who survived a deadly shooting spree in January. What other figures have generated significant media attention thus far in 2011 and why have they been in the headlines?

• 2x — The Debt Debate, the Media, and Political Risk
• 24 — FNC trails far behind rivals in Murdoch coverage
• #1 — When Verdicts Make Headlines
• 2/5 — Return of Foreign News?
• 1/2 — Bachmann v. Palin—Race for Coverage
• 2:33 — Scandal Sets Pelley Apart
• $105m — Current's New Direction
• 1114% — The Campaign Retakes its Place in the Spotlight
• 87% — The Arab Spring Wilts in the Media
• 3rd — Israel in the U.S. Spotlight
• 1 — When (and Why) bin Laden Made News
• 67% — For Japan Coverage, It’s All Nuclear
• 4 — When Congressional Fights Make Major News
• 3 — The Year of the Mega Story
• #16 — Sobering News for some Popular Papers
• 1.9% — Whatever Happened to the Health Care Debate?
• 65.4% — The Press and the Protests

The New Landscape of Non-Profit News Sites

As traditional newsrooms are shrinking, a trend is emerging, the non-profit newsroom. A new PEJ study reveals that a large number of these non-profit sites are offering news reporting that is clearly ideological or partisan in nature. The survey also looks at the characteristic of more balanced versus more ideological sites. Read the full report for more on who these new players are, what the nature of their news coverage is, and how these operations are changing the ecosystem of news.

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Grim Headlines and an Angry Public Drive Economic Coverage: August 1-7, 2011

The long-awaited debt ceiling deal in Washington triggered a torrent of overwhelmingly negative economic coverage that easily proved to be the dominant story of the week. And two major newsmakers earlier in the year, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifffords, re-emerged in the headlines last week.

• NMI — Bloggers Weigh in on the Tea Party : July 25-29, 2011
• NCI — Debt Drama Drives Economic Coverage to Near Record High: July 25-31, 2011
• NMI — Bloggers Assess Motives of the Norway Attacker: July 18-22, 2011
• NCI — For a Second a Week, it’s Debt Crisis and Tabloid Scandal: July 18-24, 2011
• NMI — Hacking Scandal Tops Twitter for a Second Week: July 11-15, 2011
• NCI — A Washington Standoff and a London Scandal Lead the News: July 11-17, 2011
• NMI — Twitterers Tackle Murdoch’s Tabloid Scandal: July 4-8, 2011
• NCI — Deficit Deliberations and a Surprise Verdict Top the News: July 4-10, 2011
• NMI — Social Media Users Debate a Tea Party Favorite: June 27- July 1, 2011
• NCI — Obama and Bachmann Drive Economic and Election Coverage: June 27-July 3, 2011