PPG Blog for Letters to the Editor

The PPG, recognizing public interest in sharing comments on Letters to the Editor, has made letters available in blog format- see the link below. Hopefully this feature will also become available for selected news stories as well.

The staff of the editorial page is introducing a new Web site feature. Each day, the letters to the editor that have been printed in the newspaper, as well as those published online only, will be in a blog format, called Open Letters: http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/openletters/default.aspx.

This means that, in addition to writing letters to us for possible publication as usual, you will be able to respond immediately to letters to the editor and your comments will appear on the Web site. To participate, all you need to do is register once http://community.post-gazette.com/user/CreateUser.aspx and then sign in http://community.post-gazette.com/user/SignIn.aspx anytime you want to access the blog.

You will be able to comment on as many letters as you like, as often as you like. Doing so has no impact on any quotas used for letters to the editor.

We’re looking forward to seeing far more of your responses to our letters to the editor than we ever could accommodate in the newspaper. But please remember, because your comments will not be edited, to keep it civil. Failure to do so can result in ejection from the site.