Change order with tags?

Is it possible to change the order of news entries with tags?
Let's say I enter people. And want to sort the alphabettically instead of on date, which news does automatically.

i give the news item / entered person a letter of the alphabet. Can i sort them on alphabet with the tag module?

It is a bit quiet on the forum....

Well let me try to explain a bit more.

I have given my news entries tags in the tag field in the news item.
Then I have entered these tags in the news_list module. Indeed, news items with tags mentioned in the list show up.

But I would have thought it would show in the correct order?

If I enter the tags in the news_list module like this: partner, advisor, employee
the news items would display in this order? (so first all the messages tagged with partner, then advisor etc)

but this is not the case. Am I missing something? Or just missing the point of the tags extension?

Thanks a lot!