By Pepper Parr
April 5th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
We turn to you now to learn what it is you like about the Gazette and what you would like to see changed.
The Readership Survey is completely anonymous.
We do not know who you are; knowing the first three letters of your postal code doesn’t identify you.
Who you are doesn’t matter – what you think is important to us.
The Gazette has evolved from the day we first went live in 2010. Readership has grown from the 185 people that found us that first day.
Since then media has changed radically. The Hamilton Spectator does its best to inform, entertain and educate people – no one is at all certain that the Spectator will be around that much longer.
This is a tough business.
Our purpose is not to be liked – our purpose is to hold the elected and other leadership transparent and accountable.
In the early days, then Mayor Rick Goldring, chose to make a comment about the Gazette. I don’t think he would make the same remarks today. Here’s the link.
The survey will be up for about two weeks. We will then move to social media to offer it to a wider Burlington audience.
Finally, we will report to the public.
When you say ” you will then move to social media” is that in addition to your online newspaper or instead of?
Editor’s note: In addition to.