The Northern Echo
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The Northern Echo is a regional daily morning newspaper based in the town of Darlington in North East England, serving mainly southern County Durham and northern Yorkshire. The paper covers national as well as regional news. In 2007, its then-editor claimed that it was one of the most famous provincial newspapers in the United Kingdom.[2] Its first edition was published on 1 January 1870.
Its second editor was W. T. Stead, the early pioneer of British investigative journalism, who earned the paper accolades from the leading Liberals of the day, seeing it applauded as "the best paper in Europe." Harold Evans, one of the great campaigning journalists of all time, was editor of The Northern Echo in the 1960s and argued the case for cervical smear tests for women. Evans agreed with Stead that reporting was "a very good way of attacking the devil".[3]
History
The Northern Echo was started by
However, the loss of Stead to the
The paper was saved from ruin in 1903, when it was acquired by the North of England Newspaper Company, a group owned by chocolatiers Rowntree. An acquisition by Westminster Press (also known as the Starmer Group) in 1921 secured the Echo's future.[4]
In 1936
For five years
Recent events
Today, The Northern Echo is owned by
Although traditionally a broadsheet, since 26 February 2007 the newspaper has been published in a tabloid format.[12] The newspaper transformed itself from a broadsheet to a tabloid in a one-year transition process, beginning with Saturday editions on 14 January 2006.[13][14]
The Northern Echo has a number of sister publications, including the weekly Darlington & Stockton Times and the free Advertiser series.
In recent years, the web edition has used a paywall - allowing a limited number of articles to be viewed free.
Editors
- John Copleston: editor 1870–71
- William Thomas Stead: editor 1871–80
- John Marshall (lived c. 1856–c. 1903)
- Reggie Gray
- Mark Barrington-Ward: editor 1960–61[15]
- Sir Harold Evans: editor 1963–67
- Don Evans
- Allan Prosser 1982-89
- Peter Sands 1989-93
- David Flintham (now David Kernek) 1993-96
- Andrew Smith 1997-99
- Peter Barron 1999–2016
- Andy Richardson 2016–2018
- Hannah Chapman 2018–2020[16]
- Karl Holbrook 2020–2022[17]
- Gavin Foster 2022-[18]
References
- ^ Darlington -The Northern Echo, Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), 22 February 2024, archived from the original on 3 December 2023, retrieved 2 March 2024
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (12 February 2007). "Northern Echo changes shape after 137 years". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ Chalmers, Robert (13 June 2010). "Harold Evans: 'All I tried to do was shed a little light'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Mulpetre, Owen (2012). "W.T. Stead & the Northern Echo". W.T. Stead Resource Site. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ W.T. Stead, The M.P. for Russia: Reminiscences & Correspondence of Madame Olga Novikoff, (1909) vol. I, p. 336
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48470. Retrieved 15 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b Brian MacArthur, 'Pickering, Sir Edward Davies (1912–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2007; online edn, September 2010 accessed 24 August 2011
- ^ a b Swaim, Don (18 January 1984). "Harold Evans interview with Don Swaim". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Newspaper Reports". nsdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "The Northern Echo : Key Facts" (PDF). 2.newsquest.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Morning newspaper loses three editions in production shake-up". Hold The Front Page. 26 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ "Northern Echo ditches broadsheet and turns compact". Press Gazette. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
- ^ "The compact revolution". The Northern Echo. 14 January 2006. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- ^ Lagan, Sarah (13 January 2006). "Northern Echo turns tabloid". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
- ^ Barrington-Ward, Mark (2010). Forty Years of Oxford Planning: What has it achieved, and what next?. Oxford: Oxford Civic Society. p. author's biography on rear cover.
- ISSN 2516-5348.
- ^ Sharman, David. "Bolton News and Lancashire Telegraph editor moves to Northern Echo - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Sharman, David. "Regional editor poached to run rival flagship daily - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.