The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish their regular news index report this week. Instead, PEJ published this campaign report. The NCI data is available here.

Top Ten Story Data: April 30 – May 6, 2012

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	15%
2	China	12
3	Economy	9
4	Osama bin Laden Killed	8
5	Afghanistan	6
6	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	3
7	John Edwards Scandal	2
8	European Economy	2
9	NOTW Hacking	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	China	15%
2	2012 Presidential Election	12
3	Economy	8
4	European Economy	3
5	Osama bin Laden Killed	3
6	Afghanistan	3
7	Global Warming	3
8	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	3
9	US Auto Industry	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	China	15%
2	Osama bin Laden Killed	10
3	2012 Presidential Election	10
4	Economy	9
5	Afghanistan	5
6	NOTW Hacking	4
7	Facebook News	4
8	European Economy	3
9	John Edwards Scandal	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	China	13%
2	Economy	12
3	Osama bin Laden Killed	11
4	Afghanistan	10
5	John Edwards Scandal	9
6	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	3
7	2012 Presidential Election	3
8	Junior Seau Death	2
9	9/11 Commemorations	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	32%
2	China	9
3	Afghanistan	9
4	Economy	5
5	Osama bin Laden Killed	5
6	FAMU Hazing Scandals	4
7	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	3
8	War on Terror	3
9	Secret Service Prostitution Scandal	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2012 Presidential Election	19%
2	Economy	15
3	Osama bin Laden Killed	9
4	Afghanistan	7
5	China	5
6	Apple News	4
7	Terror Threats/ Homeland Security	3
8	European Economy	3
9	Cyberspace Issues	1