You Be the Editor

Readers in Missouri and Kansas can take part in the Sunday Herald-Tribune's "You Be the Editor" feature.

Readers can respond to any one or all of the scenarios online at www.fstri-bune.com or www.nevadadailymail.com. Nevada readers can send an e-mail to editor@nevadadailymail.com, or bring or mail responses to the Nevada Daily Mail, 131 S. Cedar St., Nevada MO 64772. In Fort Scott, respond by e-mailing editor@fstribune.com, or by bringing or mailing your responses to the Fort Scott Tribune, 12 E. Wall, Fort Scott, KS 66701.

To answer any or all of the questions online, simply register on the newspaper Web site with a username and password and choose to comment as you would on a story. Standards for posting comments apply. Please identify the question(s) you are commenting on in your posting.

Readers who turn in a response will be entered in the drawing for the Friday Prize Pack. One winner will be chosen in Fort Scott and one winner will be chosen in Nevada.

Online users - In order to be entered in the drawing, please complete your contact information with a legitimate name and contact information so we may contact you if you win. Your contact information will not appear on the site. Only your username will appear when posting a comment. There is no limit to posting responses but the number of postings does not increase your chances to win the prize pack.

Comments will be chosen for publication in the Oct. 14 edition of the Sunday Herald-Tribune with attribution to the username.

* Local police conducted a sobriety checkpoint, and you photographed a prominent citizen's family member being given a field sobriety test. The person was not charged, and it's the best-looking photo you have. Can you publish the photo? Should you? Why? why not?

* A sports figure is charged with date rape; do you name the accuser? What if other news outlets have already named the accuser? When is it appropriate to name the accuser in sex crimes? What length should you go to to protect an alleged victim's identity? Should measures to protect the identity of alleged sex crime victims extend to the newspaper's Web site and comments on it from the public?

* Your reporter is covering a murder case and writes several pre-trial stories, using testimony at the preliminary hearing and court documents. The judge has issued no restrictions. After two stories have been published, the county prosecutor, asks you to tell your reporter to back off on coverage, because the defense attorney has asked for a change of venue, claiming the stories may have prejudicedthe jury pool and that a change of venue would be costly to the county. Do you tell the reporter to back off? Do you let him continue with pre-trial coverage? Please explain your decision.