As with a good meal, presentation can be important in journalism as we dish up the news daily, whether in printed editions or on our website.

Today we have changed our presentation, so I thought I should note the changes in how we package the news — while also pointing out that it is what’s in the package that’s most important, and what we will continue to spend most of our time on.

Regular readers have probably already noticed that today we started using a new design in the print edition that features centered headlines and several other more subtle typographical changes. The hope is that the paper will look and feel breezier and more inviting.

Recorder.com has been redesigned as well to be more visually oriented for our growing audience of online readers who are used to visual representations of the world, whether on smartphones or 50-inch flatscreens.

Behind both changes in delivery of the local and regional news and information that The Recorder provides lies a new computer system that integrates the information we need to tell your stories, with words, pictures and video.

I won’t bore you with the details of what we have under the hood. Just know that we’ve invested in a much bigger engine that we hope will take us lots farther and faster in reporting the news and features of Franklin County, the North Quabbin Region and western Massachusetts in general.

One change that the new system will enable is daylong publishing online, so we can update you on local news developments throughout the day at Recorder.com and through social media.

We are no longer shackled to once-a-day publishing, although we will continue to print the news each day and deliver it to your door each morning.

The new computer system is a great tool that allows us to organize and package local news better than ever, but it’s still just a tool. What’s still most important are the reporters, photographers and editors who produce the stories and images that we hope serve your information needs each day, all day. And understand, everything we do is to allow those folks at the heart of The Recorder to do their jobs better than ever in a 21st-century newsroom — for you, our 21st-century readers.