Here is my original mockup of The Observer's front page. Our mission was to create a new local newspaper for Santa Monica to fill the void created when The Outlook closed in March 1998. 

I was eager to join the project. As a journalism teacher, I felt anything that would reverse the trend of fewer newspapers in the world was a good thing. 

Even though we can get so much news from the Internet, newspapers can give you the news without blurring your vision from staring into a cathode ray tube. What's more, you can still take the newspaper to the beach and not worry if you get sand in them. At least computers aren't that easy -- yet.