This space usually isn’t reserved to confirm or dispel rumors.
But it’s true. The Dover Post will begin printing a Saturday edition, starting Sept. 19.
As with any business, we constantly must reassess what we do and how we do it to better serve our customers — our advertisers and you, our readers. A Saturday edition not only will give our advertisers another avenue to attract business to their establishments, it also will provide the greater Dover community with additional information to make their weekends more enjoyable and provide additional print content more often.
This second publication is a way to continue to celebrate, if not augment, the achievements of members of the community and inform citizens of what is really going on where we live — both good and bad.
Coupled with the launch of a weekend publication, the Dover Post, along with its sister papers throughout the state, is redesigning the look of the newspaper and how we package information, beginning with our Wednesday, Sept. 23, issue.
Reader habits and the way they digest information continues to evolve. With work, kids, friends and family obligations, readers’ lives get busier every day, and some of what they demand is good information, but delivered quickly. Our choice is to move with those changes and give people what they want, and not be left behind. In both the Wednesday and Saturday editions, expect to see more concisely packaged information — quick hits, as we like to call it — to fit with this lifestyle.
That’s not to say that long-form journalism is falling by the wayside. That continues to be an intrinsic part of the Dover Post. We simply feel there are ways to deliver what has been typically formatted in longer stories, but maybe would be better served in a different way. If anything, readers will find the newly-redesigned Dover Post and the weekend edition will offer more, not less.
And we aren’t taking these changes lightly. We’ve enlisted the help of a Reader Advisory Board — average readers like you — who will help us through this difficult, yet exciting process. We’ll meet once per month to discuss potentially everything and anything about our newspaper.
As always, I welcome the feedback of not only our Reader Advisory Board, but the public in general. Feel free to drop me a line at maureen.raitz@doverpost.com any time and let me know what you think of the proposed changes or after the transformations happen.
We couldn’t be more excited about what September has to offer for the Dover Post and we think our loyal readers will feel the same way.
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In celebration of Labor Day, the Dover Post newspaper office will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, which means our deadlines will move to Friday.
For news submissions, including worship, birthdays and events, the deadline will be 11 a.m. Friday.
The deadline for classifieds and display advertising will move to noon Friday.
Email Maureen Raitz at maureen.raitz@doverpost.com.
