Talking with Criag Huntington yesterday about this year's Nevada Boys' State program has me thinking. There is a big part of me that really wants to include a lot of discussion of new media and encourage the participants to understand just how much a part of the process they can be, even if they are not full time journalists or communicators.

The challenge is that the days are already just jam packed, a part of what makes the program so very good, not only is it great content but the days are jam packed with great content. So the solution appears to me to be to encourage the alumni from the program to continue to participate by encouraging them to write about local issues and local happenings after their time at Boys' State.