Lame, sorry, I know. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. In 1990, the confident young man of ability was encouraged to apply to The Herald by the papers then education correspondent, Barclay McBain (now executive editor), who had met him during a press trip to West Germany. So, it can be anywhere. contact the editor here. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. He wrote several books, notably volumes on Brahms, Schoenberg, John Foulds, Edgard Varse, the Scottish composer-pianist Ronald Stevenson[2] and a three-volume study of the 32 symphonies of Havergal Brian. What inspired you to choose this course ahead of all the others on offer? We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. I think in all areas of media work, its easy to get jealous of others and get frustrated. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Macdonald's courteous tenacity disarmed many, most notably the former Scottish Executive minister Mike Watson in November 2004. You may request to have this data removed at any time. VAT number GB 243 8054 69. Calum has achieved a lot in the short time he has been in the professional world, but he started young. We are lucky at The Herald. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Occasionally I live the showbiz dream and go for a boozy lunch top tip: pace yourself, enforce a strict cut off for drinking at 6pm, and then hit the water youre welcome. Calum MacDonald Profiles | Facebook People named Calum MacDonald Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. We are lucky at The Herald. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. Nowadays, Calum is living his dream: "I'm currently a broadcast journalist with BBC Radio 5 Live, so primarily producing programmes, occasionally reporting on various bits and pieces, reading the news from time to time, and recording various interviews and podcasts. The Early Breakfast Club is a loyalty scheme for our listeners. All rights reserved. The two things that mattered most to Calum were Mhairi and protecting the future of quality journalism. What course are you studying? This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. FreshAir does it well anyway, but can continue to improve its presence on Facebook and Twitter putting content out specifically for these platforms, so that people can come to it. This ensured that both before and after the 2014 independence referendum, The Herald & Times online forum was a site of impassioned but meaningful debate. Calum emerges with an brilliant selection by Taylor Swift, Jason Isbell and Del Amitri and reveals how his . I go on air at 5am. Previously at the BBC, he has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to spies and protestors. He joined the station from its launch and now presents the breakfast show, as well as programmes across the network. This reflected his fascination with the English language. That and it lets me filter out my blemishes to entirely mislead the world on Instagram. This website is published by He made a group of lifelong friends during training and at his first job on the P&J, where he remained for seven years, during which time he was instrumental in helping re-establish the Grampian Press Ball and set up the Highland Press Ball. Wholl write the articles? It's not conclusive." Macdonald proved the word had existed for centuries, then called upon an academic to comment, whereupon the Today presenter was described as a "blethering skite". Runrig founding member Calum MacDonald believes the band could reform in the future - if the occasion is right. A Gannett Company. Life path number 9 His most recent venture, Positively Scottish, grew out of a desire to counter what he felt was a disappointing excess of negativity in Scottish news journalism. It was awesome.. The journalist who had a 25-year career at The Herald before setting up his own news. Presenting news radio programmes has been my dream since I was 11 years old. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. For Calum, the pressure of live radio never wears off: The most recent time I [read the news] was exactly the same as the first time I did it. Looking back on his time at university, Calum regards FreshAir as hugely important, describing it as just a good playground, to try stuff out. Well, theres no shortage of talented journalists out there, including the hundreds of youngsters who complete university degree training every year and whose only viable career path seems now to lie in PR. Hes a journalist and broadcaster, and hes the best one I know. 'Words and Music in Late Shostakovich' in C. Norris (ed). Calum Macdonald Journalist; Born April 6 1976; Died October 2 2008. Only 12 months after graduating, he landed himself a staff contract as a producer on Radio 5 Live. I was being myself, I was doing what I loved and that made all the difference. FreshAirs always done something which is really impressive and had a really varied schedule. The most interesting is people. Calum Macdonald 1y Report this post Although he secured a scholarship with leading practice McGrigors, where he was told he was unlikely to surpass the ramifications of his World's End coverage in his legal career, he maintained a desire to work for the Crown. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please He is currently in third year, studying politics. And still a pencil lover. Tuning in at 5am every day is no mean feat and it deserves rewards. I finish the programme at 6am. Calum won, appropriately enough, with ineluctably. on Interview: Calum Macdonald explores where the future of radio lies, Bringing Autumn to you: Inspirational budget tips for that real Autumnal feel, Lemn Sissays Origin Stories: The poet discusses orphans in popular culture. At his trial, Watson's defence claimed the incident might never have reached court had the images not been published following the tussle with Macdonald. Bed by 9:30pm, get ready to do it all again. I also pop up across the rest of the schedule if other people are taking holidays. Because youve kept in touch with these people, and demonstrated a bit of what you can do, then they can kind of point you in the right direction when opportunities are going to be coming up.. Itll start small, as an online magazine with a guarantee of at least one new story six days a week. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. The very last book came out during a family holiday in Portmahomack; on that occasion, Calum and Mhairi drove to a small bookshop in Tain to collect it. In the 1970s, he takes his son to many football matches, where the teenager is sent to run and phone copy from remote landlines to head office, and the vocation is handed down another generation. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. But within a year he had switched to literature, attaining an honours degree. He was 55. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. But surely organisations with a social mission would welcome an editorial partnership with a website which can demonstrate a niche but growing readership, committed to positive values? May 7, 1956 - Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician. The sports writer has died (at the good age of 85) and the son finds himself like so many others too old/expensive for a legacy print industry which is in spiralling decline, collectively bemused by the digital revolution. Student media thrives at Edinburgh, and he believes that his time here contributed to his success so far. During the frenzy of election or referendum night, and during big breaking news stories, such as 9/11 or the invasion of Iraq, Calum was always to be found sitting at the newsdesk, the calm at the eye of the storm, relaxed but entirely in control, coordinating teams of writers and reporters; for them, Calum was a thoroughly dependable colleague who inspired confidence. Stig Abell, because he hates organised fun. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. We are lucky at The Herald. Im very rusty now but when I was young I played at ceilidh dances most weekends around Inverness where I grew up. Matt Chorley brought me, gently, to justice. 1,157 likes. Macdonald was unfazed by reputation. He came from a line of journalists: his grandfather started a local paper in Buckie while his father, Alastair, was a sports writer at the Press & Journal, specialising in football. Chief Leader Writer and Columnist,The Observer, Can't find who you are looking for? As Group Digital Editor for four years, he brought strict standards of courtesy and fairness to the online forum, never shrinking from enforcing them but always taking the time to explain to users who had infringed the rules, why their behaviour was unacceptable. Taking on the problems and challenges in journalism. All start from a belief that much of the modern digital audience is regularly switched off by the mainstream media agenda of disaster, conflict, political knockabout, and celebrity clickbait. A solution in solutions journalism: its a well documented fact that the UK follows after many American trends think music, TV, food. He has integrity, he's made history, and I firmly believe his journalism has changed the world . Nothing everything happens when you want it to and it never happens when you expect it to. Calum was prominent among those long-serving journalists who provided continuity against a backdrop of organisational change, embodying The Heralds values of editorial independence, fairness in the reporting of news and a commitment to high standards. MacDonald was a prime mover in the revival of interest in the music of John Foulds. What I put it down to is constantly going back for work experience, so although its kind of a bitter pill to swallow, taking a few days unpaid here and there where I could [] keeping in touch with those people. In the November edition of the Politics of Sound, Iain Carnegie invites political journalist and presenter of the Early Morning Breakfast Show on Times Radio, Calum MacDonald to pay his own visit to the Politics of Sound virtual Record Shop to select his three all-time favourite albums.Calum emerges with an brilliant selection by Taylor Swift, Jason Isbell and Del Amitri and reveals how his fascination with broadcasting started very young, the case for a new political news radio station in the UK, his musical journey as an accordion player and his experience of playing the Cowardly Lion in a production of The Wizard of Oz!Calum's Early Breakfast Show can be heard Monday - Fridays on Times Radio from 5 - 6am.Follow Politics of Sound on Twitter: @politics_sound, Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware. In 1996 he edited for performance, and orchestrated the final portions of, the ballet Soires de Barcelone by Roberto Gerhard, which was broadcast that year, performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, in a concert to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC Third Programme. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. I wanted you to be the first to know about my new, free podcast called Whitehall Sources.I'm so grateful for your subscribing to get my written work here.