Starting Tuesday, the Ottawa Citizen is completely reimagining the way we deliver news, taking advantage of new technologies and storytelling tools to meet evolving reader needs.

In 2013, the Citizen’s parent company, Postmedia, embarked on a major audience research initiative that connected with 17,000 Canadians across the country. You told us you want your news and information delivered differently depending on whether you are reading it in your newspaper, on your smartphone, on the website or a tablet. In response, we have rebuilt the print edition of the Citizen and our website from the ground up, and are launching two brand-new digital products to give you what you want, when and how you want it.

Here is what you will see on Tuesday:

The new newspaper provides more context and analysis, full of insights for an informed audience. From City Hall to Parliament Hill, from the new football team to the latest restaurant, there will be a deeper focus on stories that matter locally, with a new colour-coded section design.

The relaunched website will be the go-to place for everything the Citizen offers, on a platform that delivers superior performance, navigation, and search. All of this will be packaged in a new responsive design that delivers an optimal viewing experience, regardless of which device or platform you use.

Our new smartphone app concentrates on storytelling delivered in small bites, for people who are constantly on the move but need to be always up to date. It will be resolutely local in focus, full of personality, and updated all day.

Finally, our tablet app has been reimagined as an eye-catching local news and current affairs magazine that will be delivered at 6 p.m. every weekday. It illuminates, illustrates and expands on the news of the day through the interactive and tactile sound-and-vision experience that only a tablet can deliver.

The new digital apps will be ready for download Tuesday morning. To find out how to download them, look for details in your current Ottawa Citizen apps on May 20.

Current newspaper subscribers, if you haven’t already set up your free all-access account, I urge you to do so today. Head to our website and click on the Subscribe link at the top of the page; it will lead you through the registration process. Everyone else, check out our Subscriber options and please, take a look at the new Ottawa Citizen. We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on.

Andrew Potter

Editor