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Labour Conference, Dr Conrad Murray and BAE
- The Labour Party Conference in Liverpool was the most covered story this week
- Trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor and job losses at BAE systems covered lots
- Stirling Prize, New Zealand rugby crisis and Assange autobiography covered little
Covered lots
- Labour party activists converge on Liverpool for the annual Party Conference, 308 articles (including Ed Miliband’s keynote speech, 270 articles; Ed Balls’ speech, 119 articles; mentions of the phrase ‘predators and producers’, 48 articles; and fame following a speech by young party member Rory Weal, 41 articles)
- Conrad Murray, former personal doctor to Michael Jackson, on trial for involuntary manslaughter, 121 articles
- BAE Systems announces nearly 3,000 jobs to be lost due to defence cuts, 115 articles
Covered little
- Evelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, wins the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture, 8 articles
- New Zealand threaten to pull out of 2015 Rugby World Cup over costs, 7 articles
- Julian Assange’s Unauthorised Autobiography reviewed, 7 articles
Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)
- Ed Miliband: 497 articles (+140% on last week)
- David Cameron: 474 articles (+7% on last week)
- Tony Blair: 236 articles (+39% on last week)
- George Osborne: 240 articles (-4% on last week)
- Ed Balls: 182 articles (+77% on last week)
- Gordon Brown: 168 articles (+31% on last week)
- Nick Clegg: 125 articles (-58% on last week)
- William Hague: 110 articles (+86% on last week)
- Alex Salmond: 99 articles (+39% on last week)
- Yvette Cooper: 99 articles (+200% on last week)
Celebrity vs. serious
- Carlos Tevez causes controversy after apparently refusing to play against Bayern Munich, 87 articles, versus key Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen, 62 articles
- Strictly Come Dancing begins new series, 80 articles, versus roof collapse at Kellingley Colliery kills miner, 44 articles
- Rihanna told off by farmer during video shoot in Northern Ireland, 38 articles, versus 1,000 Navy jobs to be cut in the UK, 32 articles
- Three England rugby players reprimanded after incident in bar, 13 articles, versus strikes and protests in Greece over austerity measures, 13 articles
Arab spring (countries & current leaders)
- Syria and President Assad: 50 articles (+138% on previous week)
- Libya’s National Transitional Council: 47 articles (-19% on previous week)
- Yemen and President Saleh: 37 articles (-33% on previous week)
- Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah: 37 articles (+61% on previous week)
- Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu: 17 articles (-83% on previous week)
- West Bank and President Abbas: 17 articles (-81% on previous week)
- Iran and President Ahmadinejad: 17 articles (-45% on previous week)
- Bahrain and King Al Khalifa: 14 articles (+250% on previous week)
- Gaza and Hamas: 6 articles (-82% on previous week)
- Qatar and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani: 4 articles (+300% on previous week)
- Jordan and King Abdullah: 3 articles (unchanged on previous week)
- Egypt’s Military Council: 3 articles (+200% on previous week)
- Turkey and Prime Minister Erdogan: 2 articles (-87% on previous week)
Who wrote a lot about… the ongoing debt crisis in Europe
- Hugo Duncan – 8 articles (Daily Mail)
- Ralph Atkins – 7 articles (Financial Times)
- Gary Parkinson – 6 articles (The Times)
- Jamie Grierson – 5 articles (The Independent)
Long form journalism
- 3,878 words: ‘Le Mans 24 Hour Moto 2011: Loneliness of the long-distance biker’ – Matt Kelly, The Daily Mirror, 29 September 2011
- 2,974 words: ‘Poet’s corner: The battle for TS Eliot’s village’ – John Walsh, The Independent, 1 October 2011
- 2,495 words: ‘Helmand is not meant to be like this’ – John Cantlie, BBC News, 1 October 2011
Journalists who have updated their profile
- Gethin Chamberlain is the South Asia correspondent at The Observer. He has previously held posts as foreign correspondent at the Sunday Telegraph, chief reporter at The Scotsman and as the Edinburgh bureau chief at the Daily Record. You can follow Gethin on Twitter: @newsandpics
- Julian Evans works freelance for Prospect, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Telegraph, The Independent and The Traveller. He has also written for BBC Radio and BBC Four, and is currently a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of the West of England. He has written several books and recieved many awards for his work. Follow Julian on Twitter: @thejulianevans
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