---
"title": "Year in the News 2011"
"description": "The faltering U.S. economy was the No. 1 story in the American news media in 2011, with coverage increasing substantially from a year earlier when economic unease helped alter the political landscape in the midterm elections, according to The Year in the News 2011, a new report conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism."
"date": "2012-03-19"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Mark Jurkowitz"
    "job_title": "Senior Writer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/mark-jurkowitz/"
  -
    "name": "Tom Rosenstiel"
    "job_title": "Guest Contributor"
  -
    "name": "Amy Mitchell"
    "job_title": "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism/2012/03/19/year-in-the-news-2011/"
"categories":
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# Year in the News 2011