Examples

Breaking news:

-- The afternoon/evening Michael Jackson was taken to the hospital and then declared dead.

-- The day of the Holocaust Museum shooting.

-- When Obama holds a news conference ... news, some instant analysis and instant reader feedback.

-- As word begins to spread across the news media, as with the death of Robert McNamara.

Added value and context:

-- The morning surveillance that sets up the day and catches readers up on the best stories.

-- On Sotomayor and the firefighters case.

-- And on the day Sotomayor was announced, with multiple links.

Opportunities to engage readers and have some fun:

-- Will Palin be the GOP nominee in 2012? (More than 2,000 votes.)

-- Can You Haiku? (160 submissions.)

-- Where Black And White People Buy Furniture.

Opportunities to break news from NPR's staff:

-- Davar Iran Ardalan's posts about Iran, including the words of a leading poet and a Nobel prize winner.

-- Newsmakers interviewed by show hosts during two-ways, including Melissa Block's interview of National Security adviser Jim Jones, her interview with Sen. John Cornyn, Michele Norris' interview of compensation czar Kenneth Feinberg.

Opportunities for the hosts to add their expertise:

-- Steve Inskeep on Iran.