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for the week ending Sunday 13 February
- Hosni Mubarak’s resignation in Egypt dominated the news
- Cameron’s Big Society under fire and The King’s Speech at the Baftas kept things British
- A suicide bomber in school uniform and alleged torture in Egypt received little coverage
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Covered lots
- Hosni Mubarak, resigning from the Egyptian presidency after 30 years in power and 18 days of popular protests, 629 articles
- PM David Cameron preparing to defend his Big Society policy in face of renewed criticism, 125 articles
- British film The King’s Speech, sweeping the board at the Baftas as predicted, 118 articles
Covered little
- Protesters in Bahrain, who began to rally in the streets over a week ago, 17 articles
- A young suicide bomber in school uniform, who killed 31 soldiers at a Pakistani military base, 15 articles
- Allegations of Egyptian army involvement in the torture of protesters, 4 articles
Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)
- David Cameron: 586 articles (+13% on previous week)
- George Osborne: 257 articles (+72% on previous week)
- Nick Clegg: 159 articles (-18% on previous week)
- Tony Blair: 145 articles (-45% on previous week)
- Vince Cable: 138 articles (+122% on previous week)
- Ed Balls: 120 articles (-15% on previous week)
- Gordon Brown: 115 articles (-13% on previous week)
- William Hague: 100 articles (+212% on previous week)
- Jack Straw: 94 articles (-62% on previous week)
- Ed Miliband: 91 articles (-48% on previous week)
Celebrity vs serious
- Colin Firth, winning Best Actor at the Baftas, 89 articles vs. people rallying in Algeria, defying their government’s ban on protest, 46 articles
- Actress Meryl Streep, to play Margaret Thatcher in upcoming film, 42 articles vs. David Cameron declaring state multiculturalism has failed, 31 articles
- Teenage singer Justin Bieber, losing out on the Best New Artist award at the Grammys, 59 articles vs. a plane crash at Cork Airport, killing six out of the twelve people on board, 40 articles
- Lady Gaga, winning 3 awards and hatching from a giant egg at the Grammys, 70 articles vs Chechen warlord Doku Umarov, claiming responsibility for the recent Moscow airport bombing, 21 articles
Who wrote a lot about…’Mubarak’
Chris McGreal – 16 articles (The Guardian), Andrew England – 9 articles (Financial Times), Donald MacIntyre – 9 articles (The Independent), Sadie Gray – 8 articles (The Times), Heba Saleh – 8 articles (Financial Times), Roula Khalaf – 8 articles (Financial Times), Martin Fletcher – 8 articles (The Times), Jack Shenker – 8 articles (The Guardian), Adrian Blomfield – 8 articles (The Telegraph), James Hider – 7 articles (The Times)
Long form journalism
- 3,792 words: ‘Tower Hamlets: Lutfur, Labour and beyond’ – Dave Hill, The Guardian, 11th February 2011
- 3,566 words: ‘Back in the line of fire’ – John Mooney, Sunday Times, 13th February 2011
- 3,277 words: ‘Egypt: how the people span the wheel of their country’s history’, David Sharrock, Jack Shenker, and Paul Harris, The Guardian, 12th February 2011