I am enjoying reading about the early days of the Byron Shire Echo by David Lovejoy. What a colourful, audacious, dedicated group they were. I reckon it would make an excellent TV mini-series.
I recently spent a month in Sydney reading their rubbish, homogeneous local papers with nothing more than one or two stories, usually advertorial, and, of course, real estate.
I came home eager to read the Echo’s independent voice, the local stories and interesting articles written by excellent journalists who don’t mind telling it how it is.
The Echo is one of the things that make the Byron Shire great. Long may it continue
Magenta Appel-Pye, Mullumbimby
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
