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Hodgson, elections and a select committee
For the week ending Sunday 6 May:
- Roy Hodgson named England manager
- Local elections in Britain, presidential elections in France and a Commons select committee were covered lots
- Russia warns US, fighting in Congo, explosion in Russia and passing of Protection of Freedoms Bill covered little
Hacked Off is reporting live from the Leveson inquiry again this week via twitter @hackinginquiry and hackinginquiry.orgThe Orwell Prize awards ceremony is on May 23rd. All welcome, email katriona.lewis@mediastandardstrust.org to reserve your free placeFor the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbeCovered Lots
- Roy Hodgson named as the new England manager, 459 articles
- Local elections take place across Britain as Labour make gains on the Conservatives, 310 articles, but Boris Johnson wins the London Mayoral race, 107 articles
- François Hollande wins the French presidential election, 222 articles
- A Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee concluded that Rupert Murdoch was ‘not a fit person’ to run a major international company, although the committee members were split along party lines, 217 articles
Covered Little
- Russian defence staff Gen Nikolai Makarov warned that Russia is ready to use “destructive force pre-emptively” if the US go ahead with building a defensive missile shield in Central Europe, 7 articles
- Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, take two towns in Congo, 4 articles
- Two explosions in Dagestan kill 13 and injure 120, 4 articles
- The Protection of Freedoms Act, which includes reducing the maximum pre-charge detention period under the Terrorism Act from 28 to 14 days, was given royal assent, 2 articles
Political ups and downs (top ten by number of articles)
- David Cameron, 664 articles (+4% on last week)
- Boris Johnson, 328 articles (+117% on last week)
- Ed Miliband, 274 articles (+34% on last week)
- Ken Livingstone, 250 articles (+138% on last week)
- George Osborne, 225 articles (-32% on last week)
- Nick Clegg, 219 articles (+53% on last week)
- Jeremy Hunt, 184 articles (-55% on last week)
- Tony Blair, 134 articles (-20% on last week)
- Theresa May, 121 articles (-1% on last week)
- Tom Watson, 105 articles (+169% on last week)
Celebrity vs Serious
- Britain’s Got Talent is nearing the end of the current series, 96 articles vs. David Cameron is called to the House of Commons to defend Jeremy Hunt, 45 articles
- Tulisa is named FHM’s ‘sexiest woman in the World’, 86 articles vs. clashes in Cairo result in 11 deaths and 160 people wounded, 26 articles
- The Only Way is Essex cast lose weight, 58 articles vs. four journalists are killed in Mexico, 10 articles
- The Avengers movie was released, breaking box office records, 34 articles vs. an apparent suicide bombing in Nigeria kills 11 people, 4 articles
Eurozone leaders (top ten by number of articles)
- François Hollande or Francois Hollande (France), 238 articles (+17% on last week)
- Nicolas Sarkozy (France), 204 articles (+25% on last week)
- Angela Merkel (Germany), 117 articles (+75% on last week)
- Mario Monti (Italy), 18 articles (-36% on last week)
- Lucas Papademos (Greece), 17 articles (+183% on last week)
- Mariano Rajoy (Spain), 11 articles (-48% on last week)
- Enda Kenny (Ireland), 7 articles (-30% on last week)
- Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourg), 6 articles (from 1 last week)
- Werner Faymann (Austria), 3 articles (from 0 last week)
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark), 1 article (from 1 last week)
Who wrote a lot about…the Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee
- Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian, 6 articles
- Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 5 articles
- James Cusick, The Independent, 5 articles
- Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian, 4 articles
- Josh Halliday, The Guardian, 4 articles
Long form journalism
- 4704 words, The court of King Mervyn, by Chris Giles (Financial Times)
- 4115 words, ‘I will transmit this to Vladimir’ by Catherine Belton and Charles Clover (Financial Times)
- 4050 words, Life as Tony Blair’s speech writer, by Philip Collins (The Times) (£)
Hacked Off is reporting live from the Leveson inquiry again this week via twitter @hackinginquiry and hackinginquiry.org
The Orwell Prize awards ceremony is on May 23rd. All welcome, email katriona.lewis@mediastandardstrust.org to reserve your free place
For the latest instalment of Tobias Grubbe, journalisted’s 18th century jobbing journalist, go to journalisted.com/tobias-grubbe