by Alan Davies, Group Editor Weeklies (Wales)

Our weekly titles in North Wales continue to dominate in their marketplaces, but if there is one thing the newspaper industry gives you it is a sense of realism so we would be the last to deny recent times have been tough.
They have been exciting too though. And I know they will continue to be so. That's one of the joys of working on newspapers, the excitement of believing something much bigger and better is just around the corner as long as you have the nerve to take a peek.

Even with my years of experience, and yes cynicism too because that is part of the baggage that experience all too often brings, I still find my working life here in North Wales has far more ups than downs.
And I still get a tingle of something which I guess borders on nervousness along with a flush of enthusiasm when we're planning something new, which I imagine some will find sad but which gives me the will to fight even harder for the best possible future for the North Wales Weekly News and its stablemates ... and for me and my teams too.
So I'm certainly in the right place at the right time now as we adapt - and adopt - to ensure we remain clear market leaders in this fast changing media world.
Nowhere is the challenge fiercer than on the worldwide web. And that's why each of our weekly titles in North Wales will soon have a website of its own.
The North Wales Weekly News, the Caernarfon Herald, the Holyhead & Anglesey Mail and its sister Bangor Mail, the Abergele & St Asaph Visitor and the Rhyl & Prestatyn Visitor, and the Vale Advertiser, all will soon have individual sites online that will take seconds to find.
When they're up and running we'll be able to bring you the news as it happens each and every day. Daily broadcast rivals which in the past have had a clear advantage on breaking news had better watch out because we aim to muscle in. Hard news, sport, leisure and entertainments, we'll be up there with the best of them.
But there will still be plenty of exclusives in our weekly titles and we'll be able to tell you a bit about them ... and why your local Trinity Mirror weekly remains a must buy.
So why don't we just pull our finger out and get the individual sites launched? That's easy - we want the sites to be a little bit special offering a one-stop shop, for want of a better term, for all sorts of local information and local organisations in addition to a first rate news and sport service. This is being set up now.
We want to get you involved too. So get ready to get blogging. The choice of topic will be yours - the world's your lobster, as Delboy used to say. And blogging must be easy - I've just done it!
Want to know more? Then just watch this space ... or fill it yourself come to that. I don't know how you get blogging with us, but I know a man who does. Register an interest online or send a note to alan.davies@northwalesnews.co.uk

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