The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available here.

Top Ten Story Data: January 23-29, 2012

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	33%
2	State of the Union	9
3	Economy	6
4	Pirates of Somalia	4
5	Iran	4
6	Joe Paterno Dies	3
7	Middle East Unrest	3
8	Education System	2
9	China	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	21%
2	Economy	8
3	Apple News	6
4	Education System	6
5	State of the Union	5
6	Pirates of Somalia	5
7	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	4
8	NFL Super Bowl	4
9	SCOTUS Rejects GPS Tracking	4

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	26%
2	Iran	11
3	Economy	8
4	China	6
5	Pirates of Somalia	5
6	State of the Union	4
7	Joe Paterno Dies	3
8	Education System	3
9	Middle East Unrest	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	27%
2	State of the Union	11
3	Pirates of Somalia	7
4	Economy	6
5	AZ Shootings	3
6	Iraq War – Events on the Ground	3
7	Alabama Tornadoes	3
8	Joe Paterno Dies	3
9	Middle East Unrest	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	51%
2	State of the Union	14
3	Economy	4
4	Middle East Unrest	4
5	MS Gov Barbour Pardons Criminals	2
6	AZ Gov Brewer – Obama Confrontation	2
7	US Auto Industry	2
8	Obama Administration	2
9	AZ Shootings	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	41%
2	State of the Union	16
3	Economy	5
4	AZ Gov Brewer – Obama Confrontation	3
5	Obama Military Budget	2
6	European Economy	2
7	Iran	2
8	Education System	2
9	Oscar Awards	1