{{Short description|Newspaper in Ypsilanti, Michigan}} {{primary sources|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Eastern Echo | school = Eastern Michigan University | logo = EasternEchoLOGO.gif | image = EasternEcho062811 preview.jpg | caption = News and nonsense spiced with nerve | type = Student newspaper | owners = | founders = | chief_editor = Natalie Kyle <ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Eastern Echo info|url=https://www.easternecho.com/page/staff}}</ref> | circulation = 7,000-12,000<ref name="auto"/> | political_position = Left-leaning | format = Tabloid | founded = 1881<ref name="auto"/> | headquarters = Ypsilanti, Michigan | website = {{URL|easternecho.com}} }}

'''''The Eastern Echo''''' is the independent student newspaper of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.<ref name="auto"/> The paper is funded through advertising revenue. The paper is published on Tuesdays during the fall and winter semesters. Although EMU funds a Student Media Director, that official has no editorial influence over the content of the ''Eastern Echo''.<ref name="auto"/>

==History== The newspaper started as the Normal News in 1881 when the school was known as Normal College.<ref name="auto"/> 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 dormitory which has been converted into office space for a number of campus organizations and services.<ref name="auto"/>

==Publishing and distribution== The ''Eastern Echo'' is available 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, on its website.<ref name="auto"/>

==External links== * [http://www.easternecho.com Official Site]

==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Eastern Michigan University}}

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