No Story Dominates, but Iran Fascinates

From June 8-14, the U.S. financial crisis accounted for 13% of the newshole, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. That marks the first time in 20 months that the leading story for a week generated so little attention. The last time it occurred was the week of October 14-19, 2007, when the still-young presidential campaign was the top story, but filled only 11% of the newshole. It was the election in Iran that drove narrative late last week. And as the country continued to split over the disputed voting results, it set the stage to possibly emerge as the next international mega-story.