I began my journey with Israel Hayom on July 30, 2007, when the newspaper was born. Looking back on the path that took me from the Sports pages and the Literary Section, through the Political Magazine, to the position of editor-in-chief, I can say that it was a fascinating and insightful journey. Once a fledgling newspaper fighting for public attention, Israel Hayom has grown into a major media platform for the various voices in Israeli society – real, honest voices that reflect a broad common denominator among Israelis.
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Fifteen years ago, Sheldon z"l and Dr. Miriam Adelson saw the future. With a shared Zionist vision, they established a media outlet that strives to benefit the state without reservations, without alienation, and without cynicism, out of faith and substantive love for the State of Israel and its Jewish identity, and the firm democratic foundations of its society.
Today, Israel Hayom is the largest media platform for pluralism of thought, accurate news coverage, and impartial criticism. It seeks to redeem rather than destroy; and it has become a leading Jewish, Israeli and democratic media outlet not merely over its ever-growing readership but because it strives to shape a new, better and more decent Israeli reality.
Over the past few months we have set the tone for the media agenda: from breaking the story of Israel's new National Guard and the destruction of antiquities on the Temple Mount, through exposing wrongs in periphery hospitals, to the first visit by an Israeli journalist to Saudi Arabia.
In Israel Hayom, one finds wonderful people – reporters, editors, digital specialists, photographers, graphic designers, and proofreaders – who are partners for the long haul. This group knows how to navigate the wasteland which news-making essentially is. They often find the "promised land" of a news item that resonates with the public and makes waves in the media, but they are also no strangers to looking at this land from afar, only to get up, dust themselves off and set off on another journalistic quest.
New talents have recently joined the ranks of Israel Hayom and the digital momentum we are experiencing will continue to intensify, as we strive for new feats in the near and distant future.
This shared effort seeks to realize the high hopes we have for Israel Hayom as a leading, proactive media outlet that sets a Zionist agenda on weekdays and weekends.
We will be there in every arena – covering political developments ahead of the upcoming elections, covering security events, the economic crisis and the cost of living, as well as all areas of culture, sports, tourism, food, and lifestyle.
Congratulations to Israel Hayom, its employees, and readers, for the first 15 years. We're just getting started.
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