This weekend, I learned about an excellent weekly resource from the Project for Excellence in Journalism:The PEJ's News Coverage Index, which will be released every Tuesday, is an ongoing study of the news agenda of a wide swath of the American press, measuring the topics covered in 48 different outlets from five sectors of the American media. The Index is an attempt to provide an empirical look at what the media are and aren't covering, the trajectories of major stories and differences among news platforms. We believe it is the largest continuing study of the media agenda ever attempted. Reminds me of meme trackers like Memeorandum, but simpler, mainstream, (and not interactive). I'll be looking at the meming of life -- the good and the bad -- in a couple of weeks, and this comes just in time.
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