Islands' Sounder

{{short description|Newspaper published in Eastsound}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Islands' Sounder

| type = Weekly newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| owners = Sound Publishing

| founder = Al and Nickee Magnuson

| publisher = Colleen Smith

| editor =

| staff = Diane Craig

| foundation = 1964

| circulation = 1,170

| circulation_date = 2023

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023 |url=https://www.soundpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sound_Media_Kit.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428084330/https://www.soundpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sound_Media_Kit.pdf |archive-date=2023-04-28 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=soundpublishing.com}}

| website = {{URL|islandssounder.com}}

}}

The Islands' Sounder is a newspaper published in Eastsound in the U.S. state of Washington. It was founded as The Orcas Sounder in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Islands' Sounder|url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/islandssounder|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=Muckrack}} It was expanded from 15 issues per year to a weekly publishing schedule, and its name was changed to encompass the entire San Juan Islands archipelago.{{cite book |last1=Bagwell |first1=Steve |last2=Stapilus |first2=Randy |year=2013 |title=New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |isbn=978-0-945648-10-9 |oclc=861618089}}

The editor is Colleen Smith Armstrong.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Islands' Sounder|url=https://www.usnpl.com/search/newspapers?q=3288|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=United States Newspaper Listing}}

When founded by Al and Nickee Magnuson in 1964, the Sounder was the first competition for the Friday Harbor Journal since the San Juan Islander's demise in 1914.{{cite book |title=Magic Islands: A Treasure-trove of San Juan Islands Lore |last=Richardson |first=David |year=1995 |location=Eastsound, Wash. |publisher=Orcas Pub. Co. |url=https://archive.org/details/magicislands00davi/page/40/mode/2up }}