East Oregonian

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East Oregonian
East Oregonian front page.jpg
TypeDaily newspaper (Tuesday to Saturday)
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) EO Media Group
PublisherAndrew Cutler [1]
Managing editorPhil Wright
Founded1875
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters211 S. E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801
Circulation 4,293 Print
997 Digital(as of 2023) [2]
Website eastoregonian.com

The East Oregonian (EO) is a daily newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. [3]

Contents

History

The newspaper was established in 1875 by M.P. Bull, as a weekly. [4] [5] In 1882, C. S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the EO. [5] [6] Within a year it had become a semiweekly, [5] and in 1888, the paper was published every day except Sunday. [6] Jackson went on to become the publisher of the Oregon Journal in Portland. [5] [6]

An 1894 advertisement for the East Oregonian in a national newspaper directory. East Oregonian advertisement.jpg
An 1894 advertisement for the East Oregonian in a national newspaper directory.

The newspaper is owned by EO Media Group, which prior to January 2013 was named the East Oregonian Publishing Company. [3] The paper is published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. As of 2013, its circulation was 7,014; [7] in 2020 it was 6,889. [8] The paper maintains a bureau in Hermiston. [3] The EO is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County. [9]

Awards

The EO was the first-place winner of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence award in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. [10] [11]

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References

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  2. "EO Media Group Publishing Map". EO Media Group LLC. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "EO History". East Oregonian. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  4. "Pendleton East Oregonian". University of Oregon Libraries. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "East Oregonian newspaper has long history in Eastern Oregon". East Oregonian Publishing Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Mahoney, Barbara. "Charles S. (Sam) Jackson (1860-1924)". The Oregon Encyclopedia . Portland State University. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
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  8. "East Oregonian". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  9. "Newspapers and Genealogical Resources". University of Oregon Libraries . Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  10. "East Oregonian wins General Excellence, three other first place awards". East Oregonian. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  11. "EO wins top prize in state newspaper contest". East Oregonian. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

Further reading

Gordon Macnab: A Century of News and People in the East Oregonian 1875-1975, East Oregonian Publishing Co., Pendleton, Oregon, 1975.