Good writing comes in all shapes and sizes, but there are a few bases that should always be covered. Here, Mike Sassi, editor of the Lincolnshire Echo, takes a back-to-basics look at what make a good writer… Would you be
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New in brief
Production posts under threat: Plus new deputy editor for The Sentinel – and more news in brief
Deputy to take over editor's chair at Lincolnshire paper
Appointment follows reshuffles at sister titles
New editor chosen for Lincolnshire Echo
More changes among Northcliffe’s senior staff
New editorship for Mike Sassi as Sentinel's Sean Dooley retires
Changes at the top for two Northcliffe newspapers as senior editor departs after 40 years in journalism
'A most remarkable woman and writer'
Editor pays personal tribute to columnist whose forthright prose graced pages for more than 30 years
Witty and warm-hearted Echo veteran has died
Tributes paid to much-loved columnist and raconteur
Echo book lovers treated to literary feast
Festival will give readers chance to get writing tips and meet their favourite authors
Council leaders quit after Echo slams 'political bully boys'
Paper printed 50 reasons why leaders should quit
Echo back to school for reading project
The Lincolnshire Echo has been going back to school to encourage pupils to read. Newspaper staff sat with the children for an hour a week to hear them read from newspapers, magazines and books, to boost reading in schools. The
Echo is festival's major backer
The Lincolnshire Echo has kicked off the Lincoln Book Festival 2004, after enjoying success with a similar event last year. The festival – which runs until the end of May – is due to feature more than 40 events including
Echo is festival's major backer
The Lincolnshire Echo is looking forward to the start of the Lincoln Book Festival 2004 after enjoying success with a similar event last year. The festival – at the end of May – will feature more than 40 events including
Popular Echo sub Derek Chapman has died
Lincolnshire Echo sports sub Derek Chapman has died, aged 58, after a short illness. Derek, who joined the Echo in 1988, died in his sleep at Lincoln County Hospital on Saturday. He started his 40-year career in journalism at the
Faces cover page one to expose 'missing' 682
A crowd of anonymous faces graced the front page of the Lincolnshire Echo this week as the paper went to dramatic lengths to explain how problems in the National Health Service might not all be down to the managers. Editor
News in brief
The Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield continues to expand with the appointment of a new staff lecturer.David Holmes joins the university from BBC Radio Sheffield, where he has worked as a reporter, producer, news editor and
Lincoln journalist is reporting from Baghdad
A reporter from the Lincolnshire Echo is in Baghdad with a man who has travelled there as a political “human shield”. Brendan Montague (below) flew out to meet up with Stop the War campaigners who are placing their lives on