A nice addition to FR would be FRNews. Many FReepers break in here with first hand reporting, expertise on current issues and events and breaking news that acts as feed for several traditional and NetNews outlets.
It would be nice to see FR return the favor to all those main media news outlets that do not permit FR to post content from their sites.
I imagine Jim and company have their hands full. But if you ever get it going, here is a slogan for you.
Free Republic
With thousands of citizen reporters around the globe
Get it fast, get it first at FRNews
Right now, we have the blog forum. FR is always expanding and growing. We have tons of professional writers and journalists that are 'main stream' conservatives. (plus the big names that read us, Rush, Hannity, et al) It would be a huge benefit if FR was a recognized news source, ala, AP, at 150,000+ posters and growing, I can see that in the future, it's slowly happening. FR is cutting edge in the conservative, web site forums. We are pioneers, the west wasn't tamed in 15 years, the internet is the wild west of our times.