 A Northern Echo front page from 2007 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact (tabloid) |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Founder(s) | John Hyslop Bell and the Pease family |
| Editor | Gavin Foster |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Darlington, County Durham |
| Circulation | 8,701 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Darlington & Stockton Times The Advertiser |
| ISSN | 2043-0442 |
| Website | thenorthernecho |
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]
- ^ 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.
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