East Oregonian
The East Oregonian is a daily newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. The EO was the first-place winner of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence award in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
The newspaper was established in 1875 by M.P. Bull, as a weekly. In 1882, C. S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the EO. Within a year it had become a semiweekly, and in 1888, the paper was published every day except Sunday. Jackson went on to become the publisher of the Oregon Journal in Portland.
The newspaper is owned by EO Media Group, which prior to January 2013 was named the East Oregonian Publishing Company. The paper is published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. As of 2013, its circulation was 7,014; in 2020 it was 6,889. The paper maintains a bureau in Hermiston. The EO is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County.
