Bournemouth Daily Echo
{{Short description|Daily newspaper published in Bournemouth}}
{{update|circulation|date=February 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Bournemouth Daily Echo
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| type = Daily newspaper
| format =
| foundation = 1900
| ceased publication =
| owners = Newsquest
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| staff =
| language = English
| political =
| circulation = 5,429
| circulation_date = 2023
| headquarters = Bournemouth, Dorset, England
| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/602 |title=Bournemouth – The Daily Echo |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}
| sister newspapers = Southern Daily Echo (Southampton)
Dorset Echo (Weymouth)
| oclc =
| ISSN = 1368-3837
| website = {{URL|http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk}}
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The Bournemouth Daily Echo, commonly known as the Daily Echo (a.k.a. the Bournemouth Echo), is a local newspaper that covers the area of southeast Dorset, England, including the towns Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch. Published by Newsquest (Southern) Limited, issues appear Monday to Saturday, and has an average daily circulation of 9,589 in January to June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/602|title=Bournemouth – The Daily Echo|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations|access-date=16 February 2021}}
History
The newspaper was first published on 20 August 1900, and the centenary of the paper was celebrated in Echoes of the Century, a book published by the Daily Echo in 2000 that chronicles the history and reportage of a century.{{cite web | year=2000 | url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2000/04april/000406echo.shtml | publisher=Hold the Front Page | location=UK | title=Daily Echo book celebrates a century | access-date=30 January 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508002055/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2000/04april/000406echo.shtml | archive-date=8 May 2005}} Since 1932, the newspaper has been based out of the Bournemouth Daily Echo building in the Richmond Hill area of Bournemouth Town Centre.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-04 |title=How iconic Echo Building is being transformed into state-of-the-art workspace |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19348904.echo-buildings-transformation-modern-workspace/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Bournemouth Echo |language=en}}
In October 2006, the EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards awarded The Daily Echo the title of Daily Newspaper of the Year. In the same competition, the paper also won Columnist of the Year and Environmental Journalist of the Year for the work of Faith Eckersall and Natalie Bruckner respectively.{{cite news | url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/061024edf.shtml | publisher=Hold the Front Page | location=UK | title=Bournemouth treble as Echo lifts Newspaper of the Year title|date= 6 April 2000 | access-date=30 January 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205140105/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/AWARDS/061024edf.shtml | archive-date=5 February 2008}}
The paper was involved in reporting the Tesco bomb campaign, an attempted extortion against Tesco stores in the Bournemouth area in 2000–01. It placed classified adverts on behalf of the police, which allowed them to communicate with the perpetrator. It later resulted in capture of Robert Dyer.{{Cite web |title=Echo's role in Dorset Tesco bomber case on TV |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4130860.echos-role-in-dorset-tesco-bomber-case-on-tv/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Bournemouth Echo |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=HoldtheFrontPage |title=How a regional daily helped catch a bomber – Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2009/news/how-a-regional-daily-helped-catch-a-bomber/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=HoldtheFrontPage |language=en-GB}}
A notable journalist who worked for the Bournemouth Evening Echo in the late 1970s was the writer Bill Bryson.{{cite book|author=Bryson. B.|title=The Road to Little Dribbling|location=London|year=2016|publisher=Black Swan|isbn=978-0552779845}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ Bournemouth Daily Echo website]
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Category:1900 establishments in England
Category:Newspapers published by Newsquest
Category:Newspapers established in 1900
Category:Newspapers published in Dorset
Category:Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom
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