We need to talk -- you, our loyal readers, and us, the folks in the newsroom of The Mississauga News.
For more than 40 years, The Mississauga News has been publishing the stories of Mississauga residents, businesses and community organizations. For our efforts, we've been rewarded with hundreds of provincial, national and international awards, and, most importantly, with your loyalty and steadfast allegiance.
Over the past decade, in tandem with the rapid growth of the city and the phenomenal increase in population, we began to lose touch with readers at the grassroots level. Somewhere along the line, we slipped into the habit of listening primarily to the decision-makers in our city, often spreading the official line at the expense of your more immediate concerns -- your celebrations and worries, your milestones and achievements.
In our zeal to chronicle the city's very real growth and attendant big-city issues, we sometimes overlooked the less headline-worthy accomplishments of the very people who have helped make Mississauga such a great place to live and The Mississauga News an award-winning newspaper.
The reality is that the heart of this community does not reside within the walls of City Hall, or the boards of education, or the police department, or the court system, or...
Mississauga's heart beats collectively within the 200,000-plus homes that line our streets, within our playgrounds, arenas, community centres, schools, places of worship, businesses and, most significantly, within the city's 700,000 residents.
For more than 40 years, The Mississauga News has been publishing the stories of Mississauga residents, businesses and community organizations. For our efforts, we've been rewarded with hundreds of provincial, national and international awards, and, most importantly, with your loyalty and steadfast allegiance.
Over the past decade, in tandem with the rapid growth of the city and the phenomenal increase in population, we began to lose touch with readers at the grassroots level. Somewhere along the line, we slipped into the habit of listening primarily to the decision-makers in our city, often spreading the official line at the expense of your more immediate concerns -- your celebrations and worries, your milestones and achievements.
In our zeal to chronicle the city's very real growth and attendant big-city issues, we sometimes overlooked the less headline-worthy accomplishments of the very people who have helped make Mississauga such a great place to live and The Mississauga News an award-winning newspaper.
The reality is that the heart of this community does not reside within the walls of City Hall, or the boards of education, or the police department, or the court system, or...
Mississauga's heart beats collectively within the 200,000-plus homes that line our streets, within our playgrounds, arenas, community centres, schools, places of worship, businesses and, most significantly, within the city's 700,000 residents.
We want to hear about what makes your heart tick, about the things that matter most to you -- your grandson's first goal, your daughter's graduation from medical school, your residents' group's most pressing concerns, your star employee's milestone, your student's achievement in the face of adversity.
And, we want to hear about it in your own words and through the lens of your cameras and videocameras.
Starting today, we'll be devoting space in every edition of the newspaper and online at
mississauga.com for your personal stories and images. Today, we want to start a new dialogue with our readers and neighbours.
So, drop us a line or drop by for a coffee and tell us about all the wonderful news you want to share with us and with your community.
