La Sesia
The newspaper of the city of Vercelli, founded on 10 January 1871, distributed across the Vercelli area and Valsesia, with an online edition at lasesia.vercelli.it.
La Sesia is the historic newspaper of Vercelli: its first issue came out on 10 January 1871 [1]. The newsroom is based on via Quintino Sella, in the city centre, and the paper circulates across the whole province of Vercelli and in Valsesia, with a reach that extends into part of the Lomellina area and the Biella, Novara and Turin areas [1]. Its publisher is La Sesia S.r.l. and its editor Gigi Nodaro; the advertising agency's listing shows the paper on newsstands on Fridays [2].
In 2021 the paper celebrated a hundred and fifty years of history [3]. For more than seventy years the newspaper has awarded, every 8 December, the «Premio di Bontà» ("Kindness Prize"), a recognition for people who distinguished themselves over the course of the year, tied to the memory of its longtime editor Piero Gallardi; in 2021 thirteen prizes were awarded [3]. The paper describes itself as a popular-style newspaper, with a direct connection to its area and its readers [2].
The site lasesia.vercelli.it is the newspaper's online edition, alongside its weekly print issue, and is presented by the publisher as the online access point to the paper [2]. In the September 2026 Torino Top 100 ranking, the site is among the top 10,000 most visited sites in Italy according to Google's Chrome UX Report.
