On Monday, The Globe and Mail revealed its new face to the world.
In his Saturday column, Editor-in-Chief Edward Greenspon explained that the road to the new-look Globe "began in 2005 with a company-wide process called reimagination."
"Two great questions hung in the air: What was a newspaper about in a digital world and what would the Internet be when it grew up?
"We needed to think through the onrushing future and how best to serve the 3.5 million to four million Canadians who read our paper and magazines or visit our websites . . .
"The answer to our initial question about the future role of the Web and paper is that our Internet sites provide a better environment for breaking the news of the day, for digging deeply into areas of interest and for interacting directly between journalist and reader and among readers themselves.
"The newspaper provides one-stop shopping of the goings on of the past 24 hours and puts the world around us into perspective. It is a package, often beautifully wrapped, that emphasizes a hierarchy of importance and allows for the serendipity of discovery. It brings together the news and its meaning.
"And they are not competitors. The Web flows into the paper, and the paper into the Web."
There is lots to talk about, from the new Globe Life section to the just-launched reportonbusiness.com website.
What do you like? What could be better? What would you like to see in The Globe and Mail in the coming weeks?
Mr. Greenspon was online earlier today to take your questions. Your questions and Mr. Greenspon's answers appear at the bottom of this page.
Mr. Greenspon has been editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail since July, 2002.
He has an honours degree in journalism and political science from Carleton University and was a Commonwealth Scholar at the London School of Economics, earning a masters degree in politics and government with distinction in 1985.
Mr. Greenspon began his journalism career at The Lloydminster Times and also worked for The Regina Leader-Post and The Financial Post before joining The Globe in 1986 as a business reporter specializing in media industries. He has held various positions over the years, among them, European Correspondent, Managing Editor Report on Business, Executive News Editor, Founding Editor of globeandmail.com, and Ottawa Bureau Chief.
Since 2000, Mr. Greenspon has been closely involved in challenges facing all newspapers in an increasingly electronic world.
He is also co-author of Double Vision, The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power, for which he shared the 1996 Douglas Purvis Award for the best public policy book, and Searching for Certainty: Inside the New Canadian Mindset. He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism.
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Jim Sheppard, Executive Editor, globeandmail.com: Good morning, Edward. Thanks for joining us today to answer questions from the readers of The Globe and globeandmail.com We've got a large volume of questions from our readers today, so let's dive right in.
Dan Tencer, Toronto: First, my congratulations to you on this week's coverage of the Afghan detainees issue — a shining example of why newspapers will continue to be relevant in the 21st Century. No one in the other media is doing this kind of work here in Canada, so keep it up.
