News You Can Choose

April 07, 2006

For the past two and a half months, the Wisconsin State Journal has been inviting readers to its website every day to vote on one of five stories they’d like to see featured. The winner winds up on the next day’s front page. Editors had been prepared for a spike in front-page sports stories – and so were surprised by a strong preference for hard news, especially news about local politics. State Journal editor Ellen Foley talks with Brooke.

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