ECHO Production Team - October winner
The ECHO (Earlsdon Chapelfields Hearsall Opinion) community newspaper was first published in April 1979 and is printed 11 times a year.
It is produced by a regular team of volunteers, but also welcomes material from local people and organisations. The team believes that the essence of a community newspaper is that it is open to anyone who has a contribution to make.
The team writes the articles, manages the advertising, deals with the distribution and sales to over 20 outlets and also gives talks in other parts of the city to groups and organisations about the ECHO.
The newspaper provides a source of information, comment and entertainment to the Earlsdon, Chapelfields, Hearsall and Spon End districts of Coventry.
The ECHO is produced entirely by volunteers as a non-profit making service to the community, being independently financed through sales and advertising.
This team of volunteers deserve to be called Good Citizens of Coventry, especially in this their 30th year of publication.