This dataset includes every front page story from The New York Times from 1996-2006, coded according to the Comparative Agendas Project subtopic scheme.

Download links are available for both the abbreviated and full forms of the dataset. An abbreviated form of the dataset can be found in the link below. More information about data collection, variables, and topic coding can be found in the data codebook.

31,034 observations spanning the years 1996 to 2006.

Please cite this dataset as:
Boydstun, Amber. 2013. Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting. The University of Chicago Press.