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Journalisted Yearly: Olympics, Leveson and Diamond Jubilee
- The Olympics, the Diamond Jubilee, and the Leveson inquiry were the biggest stories of 2012
- The US presidential election, Scotland’s independence referendum and bankers’ bonuses were extensively covered
- Various crazes arose from this year including Fifty Shades of Grey, gangnam style and planking
- Stories covered less included the Legal Aid bill, the backlog of UK Border Agency cases and NASA’s mars rover
Covered lots this year
- The London 2012 Olympic Games (38,674 articles) and Paralympic Games (4,743 articles) took place in summer after a 70-day torch relay (760 articles)
- The country celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (7,694 articles). The royal family were the subject of much media attention after photos of Prince Harry naked were published on the internet (471 articles) and pictures of Kate Middleton topless were published in European magazines (433 articles). In December St. James’s Palace announced the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy (759 articles)
- The Leveson inquiry (5,452 articles) heard evidence about the culture and ethics of the press, publishing its recommendations in November. The Press Complaints Commission (1,070 articles) announced its plans for closure after much criticism of its version of self-regulation (813 articles)
- An independent Scotland (3,869 articles) became a possibility after an in/out referendum (2,868 articles) was announced
- We were hit by the Libor scandal (3,782 articles) throwing Barclays’ Bob Diamond (1,357 articles) into the public glare. Fred Goodwin’s knighthood was shredded at the beginning of the year (458 articles) and Bankers’ bonuses featured heavily with 1,840 articles
- Obama won the American presidential election (3344 articles), with much focus on the candidates’ reaction to hurricane Sandy in the final days of the campaign (2,069 articles)
This year’s biggest crazes
- Fifty Shades of Grey, 1,257 articles
- Gangnam style, 510 articles
- The word omnishambles, 314 articles
- The mobot, 204 articles
- Planking, 58 articles
Covered little this year
- Changes were made to the Legal Aid (LASPO) bill despite fears raised by many different groups claiming they would deprive people of access to justice, 152 articles
- Concerns over the backlog at the UK Border Agency reaching 276,000 backlog and 150,000 illegal migrants, MP described the backlog as ‘out of control’, 88 articles
- Universities see a sharp drop in number of UCAS applications, 113 articles
- In science news, NASA’s rover ‘Curiosity’ lands on Mars, 191 articles
- Gary Dobson and David Norris are sentenced for murdering Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after the event, 139 articles
Most mentioned phrases: Austerity special
- Austerity, 14,453 articles
- Double dip, 2,732 articles
- Fiscal cliff, 1,579 articles
- Mansion tax, 915 articles
- Granny tax, 634 articles
- Pasty tax, 571 articles
- Squeezed middle, 563 articles
- Scroungers, 410 articles
- Strivers, 268 articles
- Grexit, 252 articles
Top 15 most covered UK politicians
- David Cameron, 28,259 arts (no change)
- George Osborne, 12,821 arts (no change)
- Ed Miliband, 8,087 arts (4th last year)
- Nick Clegg, 7,825 arts (3rd last year)
- Boris Johnson, 6,127 arts (10th last year)
- Tony Blair, 5,225 arts (5th last year)
- Vince Cable, 4,190 arts (8th last year)
- Michael Gove, 3,912 arts (14th last year)
- Gordon Brown, 3,856 arts (6th last year)
- Theresa May, 3,640 arts (11th last year)
- William Hague, 3,609 arts (7th last year)
- Jeremy Hunt, 3,556 arts (below 15th last year)
- Alex Salmond, 3,563 arts (from 9th last year)
- Ed Balls, 3,236 arts (from 12th last year)
- Andrew Lansley, 2240 arts (below 15th last year)
Olympics special: Top 10 most covered
- Andy Murray, 4,321 articles (includes Wimbledon)
- Bradley Wiggins, 3,216 articles
- Usain Bolt 2,923 articles
- Jessica Ennis, 2,466 articles
- Mo Farah, 2,244 articles
- Chris Hoy, 2,063 articles
- Mark Cavendish, 1,611 articles
- Victoria Pendleton, 1,552 articles
- Seb Coe 1,452 articles
- Tom Daley, 1,220 articles
Celebrity vs serious
- Footballer David Beckham, 3,406 articles vs Xi Jinping takes over from Hu Jintao in a rare Chinese leadership change, 540 articles
- Singer Rihanna, 3,028 articles vs Mexico’s ongoing drugs war, 222 articles
- X Factor judge Simon Cowell, 3,867 articles vs Congo struggles with its conflict as Britain halts aid to Rwanda amid fears it is bankrolling military help for rebels in Congo, 98 articles
- Reality star Kim Kardashian, 1,563 articles vs recognition of a “Palestinian state”, 284 articles
Reporting on corruption in the top 10 most corrupt nations
- North Korea, 93 articles
- Somalia, 120 articles
- Afghanistan, 431 articles
- Sudan, 104 articles
- Myanmar, 42 articles
- Uzbekistan, 38 articles
- Turkmenistan, 12 articles
- Iraq, 303 articles
- Haiti, 51 articles
- Venezuela, 88 articles
Most prolific journalists (number of articles published online)
- Roy Greenslade (The Guardian), 1,100
- Damien Gayle (MailOnline), 923
- Nick Fletcher (The Guardian), 871
- Mark Sweney (The Guardian), 871
- Jill Reilly (MailOnline), 806
- Rachael Wheeler (The Mirror), 794
- Rowena Mason (The Daily Telegraph), 771
- Charles Arthur (The Guardian), 733
- Christopher Hope (The Daily Telegraph), 703
Top 10 non-UK politicians
- Barack Obama – 21,798 articles
- Mitt Romney – 11,630 articles (53.4% of Obama)
- Angela Merkel – 4,096 articles (18.8% of Obama)
- François Hollande – 3,649 articles (16.7% of Obama)
- Vladimir Putin – 2,404 articles (11.0% of Obama)
- Mario Draghi – 1,492 articles (6.8% of Obama)
- Mario Monti – 1,460 articles (6.7% of Obama)
- Mariano Rajoy – 1,348 articles (6.2% of Obama)
- Antonis Samaras – 908 articles (4.2% of Obama)
- Xi Jinping – 695 articles (3.2% of Obama)
Long form journalism
- 6,066 words: ‘Men and their teddy bears’ – Chrissy Iley, The Times, 14th July 2012
- 5,011 words: ‘The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking?’ – Charlie Skelton, The Guardian, 12th July 2012
- 5,957 words: ‘My escape from Homs’ – Margarette Driscoll, The Sunday Times, Sunday 4th March 2012
- 4,611 words: ‘The air force men who fly drones in Afghanistan by remote control – Rob Blackhurst, The Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2012
- 4,408 words: ‘Anonymous: behind the masks of the cyber insurgents’ – Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian, 8th September 2012
- 4,289 words: ‘The Muslim sisterhood’ – Roula Khalaf, Financial Times (£), 2nd November 2012
- 4,192 words: ‘Skin, bones and tissue for sale: How the dead are being used for grisly trade in human body parts’ – Kate Wilson, MailOnline, 17th July 2012
- 4,021 words: ‘Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials’ – Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 8th April 2012
- 3,742 words: The state of Gaza: Five years after Hamas took power in the city, how has life changed for its citizens? – Donald MacIntyre, The Independent, 10th June 2012
- 3,107 words: ‘The US schools with their own police’ – Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 9th January 2012
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