leverage the userbase. build a social network around local news, and let your readers do most of your work for you. they'll bring you leads, distribution, etc.

leverage the userbase. build a social network around local news, and let your readers do most of your work for you. they'll bring you leads, distribution, etc. host your own reddit? submitting all of the articles to it, and letting users crowdsource the headlines, as well as the comment curation. you can offer a more interactive experience and can engage readers beyond hit and run comments or avoid the youtubeish free for alls that sadly seem to dominate the discussions on most news articles. put the power in your reader's hands, because frankly you guys need all of the help you can get. i really love the way comments sections works in the new york times, for example. it would be really interesting to try take that even further.