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Mike Sassi

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Why good writers have a mountain to climb

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

New in brief

Production posts under threat: Plus new deputy editor for The Sentinel – and more news in brief

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