Edmonds Beacon

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The Beacon newspaper office in Mukilteo in March 2023.jpg
The Beacon's office in Mukilteo, Washington on March 15, 2023.
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Beacon Publishing, Inc.
EditorBrian Soergel
Founded1986
Headquarters728 Third Street, Suite D
Mukilteo, Washington, U.S.
Circulation 10,100(as of 2022) [1]
Website edmondsbeacon.com

The Edmonds Beacon is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Edmonds in Snohomish County, Washington. It is owned by Beacon Publishing, Inc.

Contents

History

The Edmonds Beacon began publication in 1986, as part of the Beacon Publishing, Inc. family of newspapers. Beacon Publishing was founded in 1992, in Mukilteo. Beacon Publishing, Inc. is owned by Paul Archipley, and also publishes the Mukilteo Beacon and the Mill Creek Beacon. Sara Bruestle was editor of the Edmonds and Mukilteo editions of the Beacon prior to becoming features editor of The Everett Herald in 2016. [2] The current editor for Edmonds Beacon is Brian Soergel and the sports editor is David Pan. As of 2017, the newspaper's archives were only available to subscribers. [3]

Awards and praise

Edmonds mayor Dave Earling praised the Beacon, along with My Edmonds News, in 2016 [4] and 2018, describing the two as sources he consults "to find what's going on in town well beyond what I see and hear about." [5]

In 2018, Paul Archipley, owner of Beacon Publishing, Inc., won the Washington Newspaper Publisher's Association's Miles Turnbull Editor/Publisher Award. [6]

In 2020, editor Brian Soergel won Washington Newspaper Publisher's Association's Better Newspaper Contest awards in several categories. [7]

The Mukilteo Beacon's newspaper box outside The Beacon's office on March 15, 2023. Mukilteo Beacon newspaper box.jpg
The Mukilteo Beacon's newspaper box outside The Beacon's office on March 15, 2023.

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References

  1. "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. Bruestle, Sara (October 26, 2020). "Features are my just desserts". The Everett Herald .
  3. Wippel, Teresa (December 30, 2017). "From the Publisher's Desk: Can you help me keep my New Year's Resolution?". My Edmonds News.
  4. Earling, Dave (December 29, 2016). "From the Edmonds Mayor: Time does fly by". My Edmonds News.
  5. Earling, Dave (May 24, 2018). "From the Edmonds Mayor: Edmonds — always evolving". My Edmonds News.
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  7. "Better Newspaper Contest award winners, 2020". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-11-29.