Editor's Desk

Which of these stories is more newsworthy -

1. Tiger Woods had an extramarital affair?

2. Michele Bachmann warns that "We will be economic slaves to this federal government," and urges people to fight health care reform by calling Congress "every day, when you wake up in the morning and comb your hair and take your vitamins"?

3. A teacher in St. Paul asks for help for students who trudge through snow in subzero temperatures with bare feet inside their sneakers?

In November, I spoke at a J-Lab forum in Washington, DC that included "new media" leaders from across the country.

Is the Daily Planet part of the news media or part of the blogosphere? Where do our articles come from? Are they edited? What's the difference between blog posts and articles?

Margaret Reinhardt writes:

"Sometimes I think that newspapers have lost their way given the competition with other news sources particularly television. Newspapers have always had something that TV news doesn't: the opportunity for readers to provide feedback via commentaries, letters to the editors, and op-ed pieces. Along comes online newspapers with a quick way to allow feedback, and publishers are back in the game of attracting readers. Indeed reader comments are popular, but are they the right thing to do?