News Coverage News Interest
The public continued to focus most closely last week on the economy as new jobless numbers and other data reaffirmed the slow pace of the recovery. About a quarter (26%) say this was the story they followed most closely; 36% say they followed news about the economy very closely.
About two-in-ten (19%) say they very closely followed news about problems with how banks and other financial institutions have been handling foreclosures; 6% say this was the news they followed most closely. In terms of coverage, the nation’s economic troubles accounted for 11% of the newshole last week. That included 9% for economic news in general and 2% for news focused on the foreclosure problems, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Nearly a quarter (23%) say they followed news about the upcoming midterm congressional elections very closely; 15% say this was the news they followed most closely. The media devoted 25% of coverage to the campaigns. That made the elections the most covered story of the week as has been the case for the past four weeks.
News Coverage  | News Interest  | News Coverage  | Economy  | 26  | Congressional elections  | 15  | 25  | Afghanistan  | 10  | Hi l2  | Funeral protest case  | 6  | Foreclosure problems  | 3  | Toxic sludge in Hungary  | News interest shows the percentage ofpeople the who say they followe 2010 d this story most  | closely, Pew shows Research Center for the People & the Press Oct, 7-10, 2010 News  | closely, coverage Research shows the percentage of news People coverage devoted to each story, Pew  | coverage Research Center's the Project percentage for Exce Ilence news coverage in Journa lism, devoted Oct, to 4-10, each 2010, story, 