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: February 6-12, 2012

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	22%
2	Middle East Unrest	13
3	Economy	10
4	Health Care Debate	9
5	Susan Powell Missing	4
6	European Economy	3
7	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	3
8	LA School Sex Abuse Scandal	2
9	Iran	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economy	20%
2	2012 Presidential Election	15
3	Middle East Unrest	7
4	Education System	6
5	LA School Sex Abuse Scandal	4
6	European Economy	3
7	Afghanistan	3
8	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	3
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	20%
2	Middle East Unrest	14
3	Economy	12
4	Susan Powell Missing	7
5	Health Care Debate	5
6	European Economy	4
7	Energy Debate	2
8	LA School Sex Abuse Scandal	2
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	2

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	17%
2	Middle East Unrest	15
3	Health Care Debate	9
4	European Economy	7
5	Susan Powell Missing	7
6	Economy	5
7	NFL Super Bowl	5
8	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	4
9	Terror Threats’ Homeland Security	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	33%
2	Middle East Unrest	16
3	Health Care Debate	15
4	Economy	6
5	CPAC 2012	3
6	Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad	3
7	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	3
8	Iran	3
9	LA School Sex Abuse Scandal	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	23%
2	Health Care Debate	21
3	Middle East Unrest	10
4	Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad	7
5	Iran	5
6	Obama Administration	2
7	NFL Super Bowl	2
8	European Economy	2
9	Same-Sex Marriage Debate	2