Journalisted Weekly: Fukushima, Libya no-fly zone, and Six Nations

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Each week Journalisted produces a summary of the most covered news stories, most active journalists and those topics falling off the news agenda, using its database of UK journalists and news sources.

for the week ending Sunday 20 March

  • National news outlets gripped by fate of Fukushima nuclear plant
  • The UN resolution for a no-fly zone over Libya, covered lots
  • Other international, Middle East and and UK news struggles to get a look in

Covered lots

  • Fears of Japan’s quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant going into meltdown, with expats advised to leave Tokyo, 831 articles
  • Gaddafi, declaring a ceasefire and then sending his forces to attack rebels in the city of Benghazi, 662 articles
  • The UN passes a resolution for a no-fly zone over Libya, with western allies striking Gaddafi’s air bases over the weekend, 543 articles
  • In rugby union, England loses to Ireland but wins this year’s Six Nations championship, 422 articles

Covered little

Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)

  • David Cameron: 587 articles (+6 per cent on previous week)
  • George Osborne: 242 articles (+6 per cent on previous week)
  • William Hague: 176 articles (-35 per cent on previous week)
  • Ed Miliband: 165 articles (+114 per cent on previous week)
  • Nick Clegg: 153 articles (-18 per cent on previous week)
  • Tony Blair: 112 articles (+14 per cent on previous week)
  • Gordon Brown: 104 articles (+18 per cent on previous week)
  • Ed Balls: 83 articles (+63 per cent on previous week)
  • Andrew Lansley: 80 articles (0 per cent on previous week)
  • Vince Cable: 49 articles (-42 per cent on previous week)
  • Liam Fox: 48 articles (-2 per cent on previous week)

Celebrity vs serious

Who wrote a lot about…’Fukushima’

Leo Lewis – 19 articles (The Times), Justin McCurry – (The Guardian), Nick Allen – 11 articles (Telegraph), Michiyo Nakamoto – 10 articles (Financial Times), Tania Branigan – 10 articles (The Guardian), Gordon Rayner – 9 articles (Telegraph), Robert Cookson – 8 articles (Financial Times), David McNeil – 7 articles (The Independent), Martyn McLaughlin – 7 articles (The Scotsman)

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