It has been a few years since the Lucknow Sentinel has had a website redesign but that day came last week as we launched a new site that in my mind is leaps and bounds above the previous site.

Im one of those reporters who still enjoy writing for a print newspaper, but embracing the digital world is essential for the survival of the small community newspaper. I want to get as many people reading the paper as possible and this includes providing good local news online.

Our new website is more colorful and accessible to our reader and I hope it allows them to experience what the Lucknow Sentinel is all about. As the editor at the Sentinel I want people to know I provide local community news where a larger paper wouldnt be able to do the same.

I always hear from our subscribers who live outside of Lucknow that they wouldnt know whats going on in the village unless they were reading the Sentinel.

I think the user experience on you new site will offer people a lot more since they can take part in polls, post upcoming events and even upload user generated articles and pictures.

The website is trying to deliver that full user experience while at the same time making it a great source of local news and sports.

There will always be that divide of people who prefer print content over online content, because there are still people who dont own computers, but I think both mediums should be able to coexist in harmony.

I think in the future digital content will take over print, but print wont go away. There will always be a place for print because there are still many people who like the hardcopy of a paper in their hands.

Just as long as the news gets to people Ill be happy. The material may change for how people take in news, but just as long as people in the Lucknow area are able to still get local news it can only be a good thing.

Im going to make a poll on the website asking people what their number one choice is for taking in news on a daily or weekly basis. It will range from digital to print, but it will involve newspaper, radio, TV and Internet. Im interested to see how people take in news. I myself probably use a combination of each, but the newspaper is still the number one way I take in news.

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