Readers of The Anglican now have another way to keep up with news and commentary from across the Diocese of Toronto. Starting with the April issue, a monthly email newsletter is delivering the latest issue of the paper straight to readers’ inboxes, offering a convenient way to stay informed.
The newsletter is sent out the same day an issue is posted on The Anglican’s website, www.theanglican.ca. Each email includes a link to the most recent issue and highlights a few news stories or columns published that month. The goal is to make the diocesan newspaper more accessible to readers who prefer digital formats or who may not always pick up a print copy.
“The Anglican’s email newsletter gives readers more options about how they’d like to receive their news,” says Canon Stuart Mann, the paper’s editor. “Many people appreciate the convenience of getting news on their phones or computers, and we hope it will encourage more engagement with the stories we publish.”
The Anglican has been expanding its digital presence in recent years. The paper launched its own website in 2022, with every news story and column posted as standalone content that is easily accessible, searchable and shareable. Since then, staff have added individual posts for all news stories and columns dating back to the fall of 2014, along with PDFs of every issue since January 2007.
“The Anglican’s website is a comprehensive news platform for the diocese, and it complements the printed paper really well,” says Canon Mann. “The new email newsletter builds on the digital expansion we’ve been seeing in the past few years.”
The newsletter also positions The Anglican for a future that may rely less on print to deliver news. Like all diocesan newspapers in Canada, Toronto’s paper is printed and mailed with the Anglican Journal, the newspaper published by the Anglican Church of Canada. Conversations about the future of the Anglican Journal – and whether to stop printing and mailing physical copies – have been ongoing for several years. The Council of General Synod voted in March to continue printing the Journal for at least the next three years.
“The print edition of The Anglican is still an important part of how we communicate with Anglicans across our diocese, and the email newsletter is just one more tool we can use to share the good news happening in our parishes,” says Canon Mann.
Anyone interested in receiving The Anglican by email each month can sign up at www.theanglican.ca/subscribe.
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