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The Eastern Echo is the independent student newspaper of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The paper is funded through advertising revenue. The paper is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and winter semesters. It is published weekly during the spring semester. Although EMU funds a Student Media Director, that official has no editorial influence over the content of the Eastern Echo.

Contents 1 History 2 Journalistic Success 3 Former Editors 4 Publishing and Distribution 5 External links

The Eastern Echo celebrated its 125th anniversary in fall 2005. The newspaper started as the Normal News in 1881 when the school was known as Normal College. It later became the Normal College News and, then, the Eastern Echo in 1956, when the university was renamed to Eastern Michigan College. The newspaper is currently operating out of the second floor of King Hall, a former residence hall that has been converted into office space for a number of campus organizations and services.

Many former Eastern Echo staffers have established themselves in the professional media business. Their work extends to major metropolitan newspapers, world-class trade publications and the top Internet sites in the U.S. The student paper has been nationally recognized for decades.

Since the 1970s, the newspaper has won 13 Pacemaker awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and more than 40 awards from the Michigan Collegiate Press Association in the last four years. In 1980, it received the Michigan Associated Press Sweepstakes Award, the highest annual citation from that organization, besting professional papers in the state for its breaking news coverage.

In the 2005 Division 1 MCPA contest, the Eastern Echo won eight awards. The newspaper took second place in general excellence, finishing behind Central Michigan University's CM Life and edging out the University of Michigan's Michigan Daily and Michigan State University's State News.

The 2006-07 editor-in-chief of the Eastern Echo is Amanda Hamon. The most recent editors-in-chief of the Eastern Echo:

2005-06: Sarah Bricker-Hunt
2004-05: Jessica Schrader
2003-04: Adam Sparkes
2002-03: Kristina Smith
2001-02: Joe Novak
2001: Scott Sherman
2000: Neil Ripley
1999-00: Emily Hamlin
1997-99: Bryce T. Hoffman
1996: Michael Olsen/Michael Woodyard
1991-93: Michele Morin
1988-89: Cathy Hill
1988: Sally Satko
1987-88: Catherine Chytry
1986-87: Christopher J. Kozlowski
1985-86: K.S. Merrill
1983-85: Tim McIntyre
1982-83: Tim Keenan
Jan.-April 1982: J. Daniel Weist & Tim Keenan
March 1980-Dec. 1981: Cecilia M. Wright (Sally Wright Day, Assistant Editor, Ann Arbor Observer)
1979-80: Stephen Cvengros (MSN General Manager/Emerging Verticals & Channels)
1978-79: Jeffrey Lapinski
1977-78: David Miller (Editorial Editor, Traverse City Record-Eagle)
1976-77: Dan Grady

Other notable staff editors, writers, photographers, designers:

1979-80: Steve Begnoche (Managing Editor, Ludington Daily News), Tim Harrower (Newspaper Design Consultant), Kevin A. Wilson (AutoWeek Senior Editor/Special Projects and a columnist)

1978-79: Kevin Allen (USA Today hockey columnist), Clare Cornell (Photographer), Haya El Nasser (USA Today reporter)

1976-77: Kevin Fobbs (Bio)

The Eastern Echo is available for free at virtually any campus building at Eastern Michigan University and at more than 40 off-campus locations. Its circulation varies from 7,000 to 12,000 throughout the year. The paper also publishes its content, and archives dating to September 2003, at www.easternecho.com.

• The Eastern Echo Web site -- www.easternecho.com.
• Echo takes second place in general excellence -- Echo summary
• Echo celebrates 125th anniversary -- Focus EMU story
• 2005 Michigan Collegiate Press Association Contest winners -- 2005 awards
• 2004 MCPA Contest winners 2004 awards