Today begins Year Three of the Daily Item under the ownership of Essex Media Group (EMG).
On Monday, EMG employees celebrated two years that saw a new and freshly reimagined Item reject negative perceptions of Lynn as a crime-ridden city and balance the paper’s pages with the names and faces of local residents and the positive impact they have on the community at-large.
In two years, a new Item has given a voice to the concerns and issues people care about not only in Lynn, but in the seven surrounding communities. No achievement, no success, no new idea, no accomplishment in the paper’s coverage communities has been too small or seemingly trivial for the Item to cover.
In two years, the Item has brought together a staff with fresh visions and decades of experience; with well-honed skills and new ideas, from a variety of backgrounds, to remake the Item and provide its advertising partners with multiple media platforms to connect with their target audiences.
And we haven’t stopped there in the quest to deliver relevant news and information. We launched a unique, mobile-friendly website that allows readers to access information at their convenience.
And now the third year begins with the debut of La Voz, (The Voice), a Spanish-language newspaper scheduled for publication every other week starting in November.
Year One for EMG meant reimagining and reviving the Item. Year Two meant giving readers and advertisers greater opportunities online.
Year Three brings a bold invitation for readers to join us in giving voice to a Spanish-speaking population in Lynn and surrounding communities that has been short-changed on media coverage for years.
The Item is EMG’s flagship publication and we appreciate and value the patronage and loyalty, you, our readers, have demonstrated over the last two years. We also value your support of the new itemlive.com.
We will continue to make the Item a paper that reflects our communities and to strive to better serve the interests of our readers and advertisers. We want your suggestions for improving the Item: It is the only way we will improve.
Thank you for reading us.