Press conferences, newspapers… what will be next for the Federal Reserve? Ben Bernanke Fireside Chats? (We hope so.) The Fed is considering a variety of new means to bring their message of appeasing-via-easing to the public, though all are traditional media:

Officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve have discussed holding regular press briefings to help improve public understanding of unusual actions by the Fed in times of crisis, a Fed official said on Tuesday.

Press conferences have been weighed among other ideas, the official said. The Fed has sought during recent upheaval to explain its actions to a broader public, the official said, citing Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent television interview and willingness to take questions from reporters after a speech.

The Fed also took the unusual step on Tuesday of publishing excerpts of Bernanke’s speech Tuesday at Morehouse College in Atlanta in a newspaper, USA Today.

I think the Fed should do a newsletter too. Come on, they know how to work a printing press.