New Format for MassNews

- May 27, 2003

We're entering a new era. This month begins the sixth year of MassNews - the newspaper from Atty. J. Edward Pawlick that has made individual citizens realize they are not "different" just because they disagree with the extreme liberalism and corruption that has suffocated our state for too long.
Starting this week, MassNews will continue on the Internet where it began back in 1998. This is the trend of the future. "We were a little ahead of the times," says Pawlick, "because the Internet was just an infant then." That is no longer true.
Pawlick believes it's time for a younger generation to take charge. Although he is now 76-years-old, he retains his lifetime goal of writing at least one novel before he retires. "If I don't get started soon, I'm never going to make it," he tells us.
He was forced to supplement the Internet product with an expensive print edition because the Internet had not yet matured. For a long time, he was producing and mailing 250,000 free copies each month (50% of the Globe circulation) in order to build recognition. That is no longer necessary as print newspapers become less important. Therefore, our monthly print edition will shift to a more popular newsletter format, highlighting important news items as they occur.
Like all newspapers of the future, MassNews will primarily be an Internet-based service.
It will have a new look also, emphasizing the extensive and inclusive archives that have accumulated from the print page over the past four years, plus new "exclusives" that will be written from time-to-time by Pawlick, along with other authors.
We are committed to pursuing the issues that are important to us all. We could use help with resources (both human and financial) that must shift from Pawlick as he moves on to other things. It certainly is time for someone else to share this burden.
Until others step forward, we feel that this change in format will best position us to continue to report on important issues while preserving access to our valuable archives. Although the major media never acknowledged us directly, we could tell they read our website daily.
We encourage you to continue to make use of our archives and to submit press releases and/or stories to editor@massnews.com. While we will not update daily, we will maintain our affiliations with groups like TownHall.com, at the Heritage Institute in Washington, to amplify our message that there is still an alternative media presence in Massachusetts.
The employees of MassNews are grateful for the opportunity given to us to participate in this bold experiment. But the reality is that we cannot effectively compete with the corporate media interests without a large infusion of capital. A massive promotional campaign is needed to achieve the name recognition required to build a conservative base in this state. We continue to search for supporters who would like to assume the mantle and press on with the fight.
As we evolve, we continue to look to the future. This country is a collection of individuals, connected by a web of natural truths, institutionalized in a body of law, inspired by Divine Providence and codified in our Constitution.
We truly believe that we are on the crest of a wave of popular political uprising. Public sentiment against higher taxes, towards smaller government, for gun rights, against abortion and for the normalization of traditional beliefs are all in ascendancy. We hope to see these trends realized in the political world through intelligent legislation, fewer judicial fiats, more balanced two-party election results and an insistence on accountability from elected representatives by the people they serve.
We thank you for your support. We encourage you to understand the issues and vote your conscience. The government won't change unless politicians change and politicians won't change unless the people make them pay at the polls for undermining our families, our churches and our Constitution. It can't be done by Ed Pawlick or anyone else - only by an aroused citizenry working at the local level.
Thank you for your continued support. Lou Langone, Director of Operations, massnews.com.