If you stop by The Covington News’ office on Monday morning, chances are you won’t find our staff members.

Oh, we’ll be working, but it’s going to be a different kind of work. We’ll begin the first of a series of conversations about how to improve the newspaper. I’m eager to hear from the people who put out our product how they’d like to improve it, now that The News is under new ownership.

Actually, let me correct myself. It won’t really be the first step in the conversation. This, what you’re reading, is.

Consider this your invitation to get in on the ground floor as we build a better Covington News. Answer these questions and return them to me, by mail, in person or in email form. Or, just call if you’d like to talk about it. But, we’ll be giving a free three-month in-county subscription (or renewal) to a randomly selected respondent.

Send this back to me at 1166 Usher St. NW, Covington, GA 30014

⦁ What do you like about The News? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ What do you not like about The News?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ If you were the publisher, what would you do with the paper?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ What do we do too much of?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ What do we not do enough of?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ Is there a feature we once included and now don’t that we should bring back? If so, what?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ What story are we not telling, but should?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

⦁ Besides The News, what are your favorite sources for news, and why?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s it! Thanks for your feedback. I can’t promise you’ll see everything all at once, but I do promise to read and listen to all the responses as we try to make The News the best newspaper of its size in Georgia.

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Your name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Your address: _________________________________________________________________________________________

Your telephone number: ________________________________________________________________________________

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David Clemons is the editor and publisher of The Covington News. His email address is dclemons@covnews.com. Twitter: @scoopclemons.