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Asad joined the BBC regional news trainee scheme in 1996. In 1997 he got his first TV job reporting and presenting with the BBC in Birmingham. He then moved to BBC Scotland where he was a reporter and presenter, working on programmes such as 'Newsnight Scotland', 'Reporting Scotland', and 'Newsline'.
In 2000 he returned to London where he presented the news bulletins on 'Breakfast', sharing that role with Moira Stuart. He also popped up occasionally on BBC News 24.
In May 2002, he became a presenter/reporter with BBC 'London News'.
Louise was a presenter and breakfast news reader on BBC 'Reporting Scotland' in the 1980s. In 1989 she was part of the launch team on BBC 'Newsroom South East' where she was a news reader and presenter. She remained there until the early-1990s before returning to her native Scotland and BBC Scotland, where she resumed her previous role with 'Reporting Scotland'.
Jackie is one of the most familiar faces on Scottish television. She presents the BBC Scotland regional news programme 'Reporting Scotland' on television and over on BBC Radio Scotland she hosts 'Choice Cuts' on Saturday mornings. Jackie also presents many annual television shows such as the annual 'Hogmanay Show' and 'Children In Need'.
She has many other strings to her bow: newspaper columnist; host at corporate events; after dinner speaker; TV writer/producer
Cameron is a news reporter for BBC Scotland. He has also presented the regional news programme 'Reporting Scotland'.
Alma's broadcasting career began at BBC Radio 3 in the 1970s, where, she tells us, "her Scots accent provoked protests from the more reactionary listeners". She then moved to television as a Network BBC announcer - one of the first to sport a Scottish accent. Later, she switched back to radio - BBC Radios 1 and 2 - before moving to BBC Scotland in the early-1980s.
As BBC Scotland announcers were also news readers, Alma gained some exposure and was a favourite with viewers for her warm, friendly manner. She was on duty on the last night of the COW globe in 1991 and is well-remembered by 'pres' enthusiasts for saying "goodbye cruel world" at closedown before treating viewers to one last "extra long look" at it! Alma left the BBC in the mid-1990s.
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Alan worked on local newspapers in Scotland and England before joining BBC local radio in Carlisle in 1974 and Humberside in 1977. He returned to Scotland in 1978 to join BBC Scotland's evening news programme 'Reporting Scotland' which he then went on to present for seventeen years, latterly, along with his wife, Viv Lumsden.
Alan also co-presented the BAFTA-winning 'Home Show' for Scottish Television.
He now runs his own media consultancy, The Broadcasting Business, providing communications skills training for a wide range of clients around the UK and Western Europe.
Alan is a keen motorist, holding a car, motorbike, lorry and bus driving licence. He is a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and the Guild of Motoring Writers and was the Guild's Regional Journalist of the Year in 1999. He is motoring correspondent for Scottish Field magazine, writes for motoring publications and websites and regularly contributes on transport issues for radio and television.
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David's journalistic career began in 1972 as a reporter with F. Johnston newspapers. In 1976, he moved into broadcasting, becoming a reporter and news reader with Radio Forth in Edinburgh. He moved to BBC Scotland in 1978, where he was a reporter and presenter. In 1981, he took up a similar position with Scottish Television.
In 1986, David moved to ITN as a reporter. The newly launched Sky News beckoned in 1989, where he was an anchorman and foreign correspondent. From 1996 until 1998 he worked as a freelance PR consultant/broadcaster. Since 1998, David has been working as a presenter/reporter with ITV Meridian.
Among his career highlights: covered the Tiananmen Square uprising; based in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for three months covering 'Desert Shield'; covered the fall of the Berlin Wall; based in New York and Washington covering AIDS-related stories; as an anchorman, he has covered countless 'live' breaking news stories from the studio - sometimes for hours on end.
Awards: Royal Television Society award for a series of reports on the spread of AIDS; TRICS award for an investigation into AIDS; Metropolis Prize (Paris) for best documentary (heroin addiction); Broadcast Journalist of the Year and Campaign of the Year - Shepherd Neame awards; BT award for regional journalism.
Other information: in 2008, David set up his own PR company - Glencorse Communications Ltd, based in London. He offers consultancy - including crisis management and media training - to a diverse range of clients.
David is married to Penny McDonald, managing director of Europe's biggest and most successful showbiz/music PR agency, the Outside Organisation.
Fiona's journalistic career began in the late-1980s in her native Northern Ireland at BBC Radio Foyle in Derry. In 1988 she moved across the Irish Sea to BBC Scotland where she presented and reported for 'Reporting Scotland' and other current affairs programmes.
In 1989, she returned to Northern Ireland and took up a presenting and reporting role for the BBC in Belfast, working on both radio and television in news and current affairs.
In 1991, she returned to BBC Scotland, becoming part of the presenting and reporting team on 'Reporting Scotland'. She is still with the programme.
She has also presented 'Good Morning Scotland' and 'Newsdrive' on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to 'Woman's Hour' on BBC Radio 4.
One of the original team of three presenters on BBC Scotland's regional news programme, 'Reporting Scotland'. Douglas was also a long-serving continuity announcer at Grampian TV.
BBC Scotland (1995 - present) and Grampian (1981 - 1995). Anne is the longest serving news and current affairs presenter in Scottish television. She started on 'North Tonight' with John Duncanson, moving to the opposition on 'Reporting Scotland' in 1995. She then went on to 'Westminster Live', 'Despatch Box' and Radio 4 in London. She is now a regular presenter on 'Newsnight Scotland' on BBC Two Scotland.Rob's career began with the Highland News Group in Inverness. He later went on to work with a news agency in Aberdeen from 1979 until 1981.
In 1981 he moved to Northsound Radio from 1981. His next move was to BBC Scotland where he was Aberdeen reporter on 'Reporting Scotland' from 1986 until 1988. He switched to STV's 'Scotland Today' in 1988, where he was one of the programme's main sport presenters. In 1990, he returned to BBC Scotland, presenting 'Sportscene' and the sports segment on 'Reporting Scotland'.
In 2005, Rob moved to Setant Sport where he became the main anchor presenter on 'SPL Live'.
Penny joined the industry in America in 1993, working in production at ABC and NECN in Boston, Massachusetts and at Fox in Oakland, California.
On her return to the UK, she joined Border TV, where she reported, presented and produced on the 'Lookaround' programme.
In 1998, she joined BBC Scotland, where she has become a regular face as a presenter on 'Reporting Scotland'. During her time at BBC Scotland, she also presented the late night 'Newsline' programme on BBC Choice Scotland.
Penny has also worked as a producer and reporter for BBC News 24.
Sally's journalistic career began in newspapers with The Scotsman and Sunday Standard.
She joined BBC Scotland as a current affairs presenter. London then beckoned, where she became one of the main presenters on 'Nationwide' successor, 'Sixty Minutes'.
In October 1986, she became one of the regular presenters on BBC One's 'Breakfast Time', later 'Breakfast News'. In the mid-1990s, she moved back to BBC Scotland where she became a regular presenter on 'Reporting Scotland'.
Since then, she has been associated with many TV productions - for BBC Network and BBC Scotland. Among them: 'Dunblane: A Community Remembers' (1996; she won a Scottish Bafta for her commentary on this programme); 'Diana: My Sister the Princess' (1998; awarded an RTS award for her interview with Earl Spencer); General Elections (1997, 2001, 2005); the funeral of Princess Diana; 'Songs Of Praise'.
Since late-2005, Sally has been the Friday presenter on BBC Two's 'Daily Politics'.
Eddie was a presenter on BBC 'Reporting Scotland' in the early-1990s. He moved to BBC Radio 5 Live at its launch in 1990. He is now a regular voice on BBC Radio 4, including the 'PM' programme.
He also occasionally presented 'Newsnight' (2004 - 2005).
One of the original team of three presenters on BBC Scotland's regional news programme, 'Reporting Scotland'. Mary presented on the programme from its launch in 1968 until the late-1980s.
Rob was a continuity director/announcer with BBC Scotland from 1995 - July 2008, covering TV and radio. He was also involved in managing the transition from analogue to digital transmission systems. Currently, Rob is a news presenter and reporter for BBC Scotland TV and radio.
He has also worked as a freelance reporter at Westsound FM and presented for QFM. Other posts include: reporter for Stirling Sports Agency, Glasgow; reporter for Slough, Windsor and Eton Observer; reporter/financial editor for Drapers Record business-to-business magazine.
(Formerly Parkes). Presenter with BBC 'Reporting Scotland'. Native of Northern Ireland.Jamie's main role is as a news reporter but he also presents BBC Scotland's TV highlights from the Scottish party conferences and some of BBC Radio Scotland's business programmes. He has also been a fill-in news reader and regularly presents studio items on 'Reporting Scotland' standing at the graphics board.
Jamie grew up in Argyllshire and first caught the broadcasting bug while he was at school when he covered the Edinburgh Television Festival for Channel 4's 'Right To Reply' programme where he interviewed the channel's then boss Michael Grade. At university he contributed to BBC Radio Scotland and the original BBC Radio 5, and also worked for AA Roadwatch as a traffic reporter.
After university, he worked in newspapers before joining the BBC Scotland news team in 1999. Initially he was one of the team which produced the TV news summaries and Jamie was on duty to produce the first extended BBC One bulletin at 10.25pm in October 2000. He occasionally worked as a relief reporter and covered the events of September 11 2001 for BBC Scotland while he was on holiday in New York.
Following an attachment to BBC Westminster, he became a regular TV reporter in 2003. Since then he has also enjoyed two attachments as BBC Scotland's business correspondent. He has also contributed to network programmes including 'Breakfast' on BBC One and 'The World Tonight' and 'You And Yours' on BBC Radio 4.
Jamie also has a keen interest in television history. He tells us that he has a scarily good memory of a childhood spent in front of the box - being particularly obsessed with the BBC One 'Schools Diamond' at the age of about 4!
Anne presents 'Newsnight Scotland'.
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Rhona is a former international athlete, specialising in sprint hurdles and long jump. She always had an interest in journalism; she studied broadcasting at the University of Wyoming and obtained a BA degree in Media Studies at the University of Stirling.
She joined BBC Scotland in 1995 and regularly presents the sports segment on 'Reporting Scotland'.
Rhona has freelanced in sport and other areas for the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Scotland On Sunday.
She has won a Royal Television Society Award for sports news journalism.
Sally joined BBC Scotland in 1992 when the production values of the breakfast bulletins were raised considerably. Sally made a name for herself as STV's first woman sports presenter. She later worked as a presenter for Radio Scotland and read the sports news on the 'Channel 4 Daily'.John was a presenter on BBC 'Reporting Scotland' in the late-1980s.Fran was a presenter on BBC 'Reporting Scotland' in the late-1970s.
Other TV roles include: news reader, 'Newsnight' (BBC, 1980 - 1981); presenter, 'South East At Six' (BBC, 1983); reporter, '60 Minutes' (BBC, 1983 - 1984).
Gail began her career with the Met Office in 1999, training in Reading and with the BBC in London. She later joined BBC Scotland, where she became a regular weather presenter.Heather joined the Met Office in 1993 and has been a weather forecaster with BBC Scotland since 1994. Former reporter and presenter with BBC 'Reporting Scotland'. Now a reporter with BBC Radio 5 Live.David broadcast career began in radio at Dundee station, Radio Tay. His next job took him to London; he became a reporter for BBC Radio 4's 'World At One', 'PM' and 'The World This Weekend'. He also read the news on BBC Radio 1.
He later moved into television, reporting for BBC One's 'Breakfast' and acting as a news correspondent for various other BBC channels. He was one of the original team of presenters on BBC News 24 from 1997, presenting the breakfast show and the weekend simulcast with BBC Two, 'Weekend 24'.
Since Novemeber 2000, David has been one of the regular presenters on 'Reporting Scotland'.
Carla's first broadcasting job was at BBC Radio 5 Live from February 1996 where she worked as a producer and reporter. She moved to BBC Scotland in 1997 where she was a reporter for BBC Radio Scotland current affairs programmes 'Eye To Eye' and 'Newsweek'. She also produced 'Breastly Business' for BBC Radio 5 Live.
In late-1997, Carla moved into television and became a presenter of breakfast, late night and weekend editions of 'Reporting Scotland'. She also produced Scottish segments for BBC News 24.
In March 2005, she became GMTV's LA correspondent.
One of the original team of three presenters on BBC Scotland's regional news programme, 'Reporting Scotland'.Alison took a degree in media and communication studies at Sunderland University. Her first break into the world of broadcasting came shortly after her graduation; she was a runner for a film production company in Glasgow, later producing their corporate and training videos.
In 1985 she moved to the local news channel Glasgow CableVision as a production assistant; within a year, she was a presenter there.
BBC Radio Scotland was the next stop in 1988; she joined as a reporter/presenter and later became a producer on 'Sportsound'. Over the years she has combined her radio work with various roles for BBC Scotland TV, contributing regularly to 'Friday Sportscene', 'Sportscene Match Of The Day' and 'Reporting Scotland'.
Malcolm began his TV career with BBC Scotland and Scottish TV, where he worked as a journalist and presenter in the heavyweight end of news and current affairs output. He later became involved in networked programming for various channels.
Malcolm's career to date:
1972 - 1974: reporter (Scottish TV).
1974 - 1983: reporter (BBC Scotland).
1975 - 1983: presenter, 'Reporting Scotland' (BBC TV Scotland); presenter, 'Good Morning Scotland' (BBC Radio Scotland).
1981: presenter on one of the first breakast TV services in the UK.
1983 - 1987: BBC Network current affairs reporter for various programmes including: 'Watchdog'; 'Nationwide'; '60 Minutes'; 'Newsnight'; 'The Money Programme'; 'Panorama'.
1987 - 1989: Scottish TV - presenter, 'Scotland Today', 'Scottish Assembly' and 'Scottish Questions'.
1989 - 1997: independent producer/reporter: 'World In Action' (Granada); 'Dispatches' (Channel 4); 'Scottish Reporters' (Scottish TV).
Present: Jocksters.tv.
Malcolm was educated at Ayr Academy and studied law at Edinburgh University. His hobbies include reading, web TV, public transparency and accountability and music.
