The keys to the kingdom

Newspaper editors are increasingly taking note of stories' popularity (or lack thereof) on the Web, but most aren't quite ready to hand over their agenda-setting power to the readers, according to a story in the current American Journalism Review.

One exception: The Wisconsin State Journal lets readers vote online for the story they want to see on the next day's front page. After the morning news meeting, the paper offers a list of top stories on its Web site and lets readers pick the best A1 candidate.

"I see the Reader's Choice as a tool to enhance interactivity," says Ellen Foley, the paper's editor. "There have been a couple of stories that we did put on the front page that we would not have done so," including a piece about federal funding of dental care that she thought was too bureaucratic to merit page one. She says she's been surprised about the judiciousness of her readers' selections.

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