Associated Press
An AP poll of U.S. editors and broadcast news directors ranks the top stories of the year. The list, based on 247 responses, shows the difference between newsroom leaders’ editorial judgment and people’s reading interests. Four of the stories picked by editors weren’t among the top 10 lists of user searches on Google, Yahoo or Bing. Here are the editors’ picks for the year’s top stories:
- Osama bin Laden death
- Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis
- Arab Spring
- EU fiscal crisis
- US economy
- Penn State sex abuse scandal
- Moammar Gadhafi death/Libya
- Fiscal showdowns in Congress
- Occupy protests
- Arizona shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
| Top news stories of 2011 | |||
| Google News US searches | Hot topics on Twitter | Most searched on Yahoo | Most searched on Bing |
| Hurricane Irene | Mubarak’s resignation | Casey Anthony trial | Casey Anthony trial |
| Occupy | Osama bin Laden death | Japan earthquake | Osama bin Laden death |
| Japan earthquake | Japan earthquake | Royal wedding | Hurricane Irene |
| iPhone 5 | Arizona shooting | Osama bin Laden death | Japan earthquake |
| iPad 2 | Moammar Gadhafi death | Unemployment | Amy Winehouse death |
| Libya | Swine flu outbreak | Arizona shooting | Joplin tornado |
| Osama bin Laden death | — | Amy Winehouse death | Michael Jackson trial/Conrad Murray |
| Egypt | — | Arab Spring | 9/11 10-year anniversary |
| Casey Anthony | — | Libya/Moammar Gadhafi death | GOP candidates – Herman Cain, Rick Perry |
| Ron Paul | — | Occupy Wall Street | Haiti anniversary |
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