[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... Maybe it's too soon to consider this as an option, but what about the possibility of regional editions? Washington State Focus, with inserts for smaller localities added by the locales themselves, featuring local issues?

For example, we print/publish the actual paper and distribute it to the various locations around the state. A few people in Steilacoom, for example, have a few pages printed up that acts as the community section focusing on issues in the Steilacoom area, and some in Mukilteo do the same for their community, and they are inserted into the ones they receive...

Another thing - Libertina mentioned some ideas about some 'teaching about the constitution' etc... Now, while I'm thinking about hard news and opinion/op-ed pieces etc... one thing we could also consider is an idea similar to the "Coffee Break" section in the PI - But, rather than simply teaching, it could be accomplished via trivia, This Day in History type things etc... just a thought on that.

[smith5460]

Another idea for a regional paper would have the main office put together the "national" part of the paper with a fixed format every day.

As the "national" part of the paper is being written and formatted, the local bureaus in each community would put together its "local" part.

When it comes time to actually publish the paper, the local bureaus would put together the "national" and "local" parts and create the actual newspaper for the day.

Each bureau would download the "national" part via website or e-mail, paste the "local" part, the print out the next daily edition of the newspaper.

This way, each bureau's edition would be localized to their communities but also focus on the national news.

P.S. One possible name for the paper: The Daily American

Just a thought