Journalism.org: The Year in News 2011 | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

U.S.-based Journalism.org has released its list of top U.S. news makers of 2011. From culled news in print, radio, television to the Internet, some of the biggest reasons why we are tuned in to our mass media appliances are due to the news about the the bad economy, BP oil spill, Chilean miners, health care, Afghanistan same-sex marriage, and even more. Check the list here:

The Year in News 2011 | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

Good Magazine, meanwhile, has translated these biggest news drawers through a data visualization, as you can see below: