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Balotelli, hosepipes and the Falklands
For the week ending Sunday 8 April
- Mario Balotelli’s on and off field behaviour drew the attention of the media
- A hosepipe ban in the South East, 30th anniversary since the start of the Falklands war, and the London Mayor electoral campaign covered quite a lot
- Amazon escaping a large corporation tax bill, increasing unease in Greece over austerity plans, and the UK just escaped recession last quarter covered little
Covered Lots
- Mario Balotelli admits to relationship with a prostitute, crashes his car and gets sent off against Arsenal, 171 articles
- A hosepipe ban was put into force in the South East, 106 articles
- Tuesday saw the 30th anniversary since the start of the Falklands war, as tensions rise between Argentina and the UK, 103 articles
- The race for London mayor heated up as Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone clashed over each others personal tax, 89 articles
Covered Little
- Amazon earned £7 billion from sales in the UK, but avoided a corporation tax bill, 27 articles
- A pensioner in Athens committed suicide in protest against public service cuts, and in particular cuts to Greek pensions, 25 articles
- According to a leading economics institute, the UK narrowly escaped falling into recession last quarter by posting a 0.1% growth in GDP, 15 articles
Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)
- David Cameron, 388 articles (+37% on last week)
- George Osborne, 184 articles (-52% on last week)
- Nick Clegg, 152 articles (+58% on last week)
- Boris Johnson, 140 articles (+37% on last week)
- Ed Miliband, 125 articles (-60% on last week)
- Brian Paddick, 120 articles (+823% on last week)
- Ken Livingstone, 117 articles (+65% on last week)
- Theresa May, 109 articles (+47 on last week)
- Michael Gove, 94 articles (+124% on last week)
- George Galloway, 91 articles (-28% on last week)
Celebrity vs Serious
- Samantha Brick causes a stir with an article about her beauty, 54 articles vs. Sky News admitted to hacking into emails on two separate occasions, 35 articles
- Cheryl Cole admitted to her interest in Prince Harry, as well as donning hot pants three times, 54 articles vs. there were conflicting messages coming out of the coalition in regards to the use of secret courts with Nick Clegg disagreeing with Ken Clarke, 32 articles
- Katy Perry goes public with her anguish over her divorce from Russell Brand (she is also reportedly tired of being a celebrity), 37 articles vs. Hilary Clinton promised to ease economic sanctions on Burma, 33 articles
Eurozone leaders (top ten by number of articles)
- Nicolas Sarkozy (France), 76 articles (-26% on last week)
- Mario Monti (Italy), 28 articles (+40% on last week)
- Angela Merkel (Germany), 26 articles (-43% on last week)
- Mariano Rajoy (Spain), 15 articles (-65% on last week)
- Lucas Papademos (Greece), 7 articles (-22% on last week)
- Enda Kenny (Ireland), 5 articles (-58% on last week)
- Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourg), 2 articles (-75% on last week)
- Mark Rutte (The Netherlands), 2 articles (no change from last week)
- Jyrki Katainen (Finland), 1 article (-50% from last week)
- Pedro Passos Coelho (Portugal), 1 article (from 0 last week)
No other Eurozone leaders were mentioned in UK press coverage.
Who wrote a lot about…the London Mayoral election campaign
- Peter Dominiczak (London Evening Standard), 5 articles
- James Pickford (Financial Times), 5 articles
- Sean O’Neill (The Times), 3 articles
Long form journalism
- 4,021 words. Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials, Ian Cobain (The Guardian)
- 2,993 words. It’s okay, Africa, I’m coming, Camilla Long (The Sunday Times)
- 2,718 words. What’s the big idea?, Jennie Erdal (The Financial Times)
Journalists who have updated their profile
Andrew Purvis is a journalist for The Daily Telegraph, whilst also being a managing editor at Ultratravel. He has previously worked for The Guardian, Observer – where he was editor of the magazine ‘Life’ – and was section editor at the Independent on Sunday Review.
Kate Ross is a freelance journalist who writes for the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times Global edition, AnyTrip and numerous others. She completed her Masters in Print and Online Journalism from the University of Westminster in 2010. Follow her on twitter @myeagereyes
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