President Obama worked to rally the country behind his economic agenda last night in a press conference that focused heavily on the budget and skimmed almost entirely over foreign policy issues. But the press conference wasn't the only way President Obama worked to get his message out yesterday. He held a smaller news meeting shortly after noon, where he called reporters to the Oval Office to talk about his efforts to revive the economy and what he hoped would come out of the G-20. He also released a video right before the press conference inviting ordinary people to go to Whitehouse.gov to submit questions that he will answer in an online town hall on the economy tomorrow.

With all of this new media and community involvement, is the traditional press conference obsolete? Joining us for a recap and some analysis are April Ryan, White House Correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and Dan Froomkin, who writes the White House Watch blog for the Washington Post.

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In a call to the American people, President Obama released a video asking for questions about the economy. Watch it below.