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Eurozone crisis, American downgrade, phone hacking, Syria, Somalia
- The Eurozone crisis leads the news
- US downgrade, the 11th phone-hacking arrest, and Mark Duggan’s shooting also covered lots
- Thailand’s first female prime minister and the appointment of new Turkish military leaders covered little
Covered lots
- The Eurozone crisis, 504 articles
- Standard & Poor’s downgrade the USA’s credit rating from AAA, 243 articles
- More phone-hacking fallout, including the arrest of Stuart Kuttner and allegations against the Mirror Group, 219 articles
- The Syrian city of Hama, with reports of continued unrest and a military assault, 136 articles
- Somalia, as the famine spreads and rebels pulled out of Mogadishu, 119 articles
- Mark Duggan, shot and killed by police on Thursday night leading to Tottenham riots, 87 articles
Covered little
Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)
Celebrity vs serious
- Investigation into alleged Cleveland police corruption, as the chief constable and his deputy are arrested, 24 articles vs. ‘Swagger Jagger’, number one single from The X Factor’s Cher Lloyd, 20 articles
- Vince Cable’s response to the Hargreaves copyright review, 23 articles vs. Jim Carrey’s new film, ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’, 23 articles
- The Gibson inquiry into alleged British complicity in torture, as human rights groups threatened a boycott, 18 articles vs. Sally Bercow, with rumours of her appearing on Celebrity Big Brother, 17 articles
Arab spring (countries & current leaders)
Who wrote a lot about… the trial of Hosni Mubarak
Long form journalism
- 5,253 words: ‘Under the knife, under 20’ – Sarah Harris, The Times, 6 August 2011
- 4,863 words: ‘Meet Chicago’s Interrupters…’ – Andrew Anthony, The Guardian, 6 August 2011
- 4,849 words: ‘Murdoch & me: How Chris Bryant brought a media mogul down to earth’ – Robert Chalmers, The Independent, 7 August 2011
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