Project for Excellence in Jormalism’s weekly News Coverage Index examines the news agenda of 52
different outlets from five sectors of the media: print, online, network
TV, cable and radio (see List of Outlets).
The weekly study, which includes some 1,000 stories, is designed to
provide news consumers, journalists and researchers with hard data about
what stories and topics the media are covering, the trajectories of
that media narrative and differences among news platforms. The
percentages are based on "newshole," or the space devoted to each
subject in print and online and time on radio and TV (see Methodology).
In addition, these reports also include rundown of the week’s leading
newsmakers, designation given to people who account for at least 50%
of given story.