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October 5, 2011

Northern Echo’s Mike Amos bows out after 46 years in journalism

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Northern Echo journalist Mike Amos retires on Friday after a 46-year regional press career.

This week the Echo is publishing a six-part series of Amos columns looking back over his career, starting off with this Dickensian picture of life on the Northern Despatch in 1965.

Amos has won numerous awards during his illustrious career and in 2006 he received an MBE for services to journalism.

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