HP10 9TY. Editors' Code of Practice. Merry Christmas! MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. Editors' Code of Practice. Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio United Kingdom 994 followers 500+ connections Join to follow Times Radio The University of Edinburgh Personal Website Contact Calum for services Corporate. I remember talking to teachers - and about teachers on-air - and referring to them as the forgotten front line during the pandemic. He has the - almost - unique experience of being Health Secretary during a pandemic, and not many can claim that (other than Sajid Javid). Only 12 months after graduating, he landed himself a staff contract as a producer on Radio 5 Live. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. Runrig founding member Calum MacDonald believes the band could reform in the future - if the occasion is right. This reflected his fascination with the English language. FreshAirs always done something which is really impressive and had a really varied schedule. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. Biography Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. contact the editor here. This is day two. That and it lets me filter out my blemishes to entirely mislead the world on Instagram. Their daughter, Mhairi, was born in 1996. Hello. At Glasgow he attained the highest grades in a number of aspects of the law. The Early Breakfast Club is The Times most exclusive members club. He was editor of the modern-music journal Tempo, which he joined in 1972 as assistant to the then editor David Drew, until December 2013, and was a copious contributor to other English-language music-journals and magazines. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. Resignation? He was a first class editor, with a particular knack for coming up with the perfect introduction. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Tell us something not many people know about you? heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Registered in England No 81701 You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . Contact Calum, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. Calum spoke to members of student radio stations from across Scotland about how he got where he is now, the importance of student radio, and the future of the platform. So does he think that student radio capitalises enough on its unique position to engage the student population? 'David Blake'; 'Postlude a note on Christopher Shaw' in Lewis Foreman (ed). I love speaking to people. Taking on the problems and challenges in journalism. Other books include a tourist guidebook to the city of Edinburgh and a multi-volume edition of the musical journalism of Havergal Brian. 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And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. He's covered programmes on Afghanistan, the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and has interviewed interesting people from all walks of life including cabinet ministers and senior politicians, spies, war reporters and protestors. Biography. Always your Freitag": the Brian letters at McMaster University'; 'Havergal Brian's Letter to Herbert Thompson: some implications'; ', 'A Plaited Music: Ronald Stevenson at 70' in 'Meeting Ronald Stevenson', symposium in. He championed young journalists both in his senior roles at the Herald & Times and, after leaving the group in 2015, with his new venture, the news website Positively Scottish. Information is stored in a database in order to service your enquiry, but are deleted once it is no longer required. 'Three Works by Erik Bergman' in J. Parsons (ed). Presented with images of the incident and informed he was being recorded, the former Labour peer answered: "I can't say that that's me. Despite a newspaper round into his mid-teens, the legal profession, rather than journalism, appeared to be Macdonald's chosen path and he began a law degree at Aberdeen in 1994. This ensured that both before and after the 2014 independence referendum, The Herald & Times online forum was a site of impassioned but meaningful debate. Lame, sorry, I know. 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. 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. The not-for-profit website sets out to tell positive stories and Calum was proud to employ many young freelance journalists fresh out of training. Somehow, you never quite believe people will actually want to be part of the programme, but there you've been, every day at 5am. 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. John Humphrys was once pursued after the formidable BBC broadcaster, in a book, listed the old Scots preposition "outwith'' as one of his pet hates, and a trendy new coinage. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Within months he was full-time at the Stirling Observer and already attracting the attention of Scottish national titles after securing an exclusive interview with leading Ulster Loyalist Michael Stone after an encounter with him in a Glasgow hotel. One presenter once told me the day you dont get nervous is the day you should quit, because youve stopped caring enough about the programme. 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. 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. Life path number 9 Certainly, Ive been working hard for them and aiming at them but they always catch me by surprise. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. 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. He has hosted events for News UK, including a live broadcast afternoon interviewing Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne around the launch of TalkTV. Since the print business model is all but doomed, it has to be online only, which also means it can easily reach readers in all parts of Scotland, and the vast Scottish diaspora who still cherish news of their homeland. Throughout this working life, the journalist is part of a Scottish media that thrives. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host Typical of Macdonald's ability to move seamlessly between the populist and high-brow, the encounter was later recounted in the pages of The Economist. So well suited was he to the notoriously high pressure job of news editor that Calum did not find it at all stressful. Starting as a reporter in Glasgow, he soon joined the newsdesk, moving on to be Night News Editor. They read the next one together before Mhairi started reading them herself. Me, hopefully. Macdonald had intended to revisit North Uist, where recently he traced his family roots in a journalistic exercise for The Herald, but was prevented by his brief but brutal illness, which was endured with stoic good humour and fortitude. I get into work at 4am. He played cricket and football (he was goalkeeper in the school team), and did stage management in the drama club, an early sign of his talent for organising. He did this alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University. Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio. He is currently in third year, studying politics. 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. Chief Leader Writer and Columnist,The Observer, Can't find who you are looking for? Atishoo! HP10 9TY. 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. He is survived by his partner, Lloyd, parents Calum and Jackie, sisters Mhairi and Laura, and four nieces and a nephew. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. Calum emerg Journalist and crosswords editor who spent 25 years at The Herald. Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. After graduating in 1983, he was accepted onto the Thomson Regional Newspaper trainee scheme, at the end of which he was described as a confident young man of ability and good humour who would be an asset to any news team. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. Spreading ideas, passions and new ways of thinking about media. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. So living the dream is definitely up there as an answer to this. Calum has achieved a lot in the short time he has been in the professional world, but he started young. 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. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. The two things that mattered most to Calum were Mhairi and protecting the future of quality journalism. In 2001, Macdonald joined the Evening Times in Glasgow but after just nine months he was poached by the Daily Record. In the words of Roy Thomson, owning an ITV franchise is a licence to print money and the newspaper barons also revel in circulations that total millions. Retaining a grip on his exclusive story, the reporter duly advised the anxious members of the press pack outside that they could find out what happened by buying the next day's Record. Father and daughter would always go together at midnight the day the latest instalment was released, to buy their copy. Journalist; Born April 6 1976; Died October 2 2008. My dad. I finish the programme at 6am. 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. I also pop up across the rest of the schedule if other people are taking holidays. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Thats commitment. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. But within a year he had switched to literature, attaining an honours degree. Calums mother Elizabeth (nee Mitchell), a graduate in maths and moral philosophy at Aberdeen University, was a school teacher before having a family. As a reporter, Night News Editor, Digital Editor for the Herald &. All the best things that have happened in my career have come entirely out of the blue. That allows the site to be funded through its proof-of-concept phase, with a view to attracting external finance and eventually becoming self-sustaining. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. 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. A slightly different piece in your inbox this morning. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. 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. 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. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to 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. Contact JLA for more suggestions +44 (0)20 7907 2800. Everybody thats in this room today who wants to work in radio is in a perfect position to be reaching the future radio audience They are the future radio audience as well. We will never share the data you submit here with a third party. Log In or Sign Up Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum Macdonald See Photos Calum Macdonald His passing has been felt deeply across Scottish journalism. (We reckon Positively Scottish will be one of the first sites in the world to marry solutions journalism with a national/regional USP.). As a reporter, Night News Editor, Digital Editor for the Herald & Times group and as Group News Editor the job he loved the most he was an intrinsic part of the newspaper for 25 years. To know what they want, to know how to get that content to them, and then take that lesson into real life, [it is] a sort of industry experience.. A crossword buff, not long after joining The Herald, he started setting them. Journalist and crosswords editor who spent 25 years at The Herald. He's had more exclusives than I've had school dinners. Digital native 50-something (deal with the oxymoron). What career advice would you give your younger self? Calums mother Elizabeth (nee Mitchell), a graduate in maths and moral philosophy at Aberdeen University, was a school teacher before having a family. 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. Your email address will not be published. News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Tell us about your Early Breakfast Club and how to get involved. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Bitterness? Macdonald's courteous tenacity disarmed many, most notably the former Scottish Executive minister Mike Watson in November 2004. Calum Macdonald @CalumAM @timesradio Breakfast 6-10am, Fri-Sun | @whitehallsource podcast | Proudly Member # 1, Times Radio Early Breakfast Club (2020-22) /hello@calumam.com / Media Personality London instagram.com/CalumAM Born June 19, 1993 Joined July 2011 1,619 Following 9,108 Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Pinned Tweet Calum Macdonald 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. Titles are closing, remaining circulations are collapsing by around 10% every year, staff numbers are being slashed, and the only responses are widespread rationalisation, centralisation, and so-called synergies which logically can prolong the industry for only a finite time before it disappears into oblivion. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . I think as well, enjoying it, if it feels like a total task and youre just having to drag yourself through your programme every week, if thats not enjoyable then sack it and do something that you actually want to do. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Nowadays, Calum is living his dream: Im 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 following day a penitent Humphrys wrote the journalist a personal e-mail, making a "terrible admission of ignorance". Calum loved being at the middle of a breaking story but not, like some reporters, at the scene of the action he preferred to be back in the office, coordinating the coverage, bringing to bear his considerable flair for logistics. I think it can be a subconscious Im listening and doing other stuff; I think with things like YouTube you need to actively sit and concentrate Good luck watching a YouTube video not falling off your bike. Special guests and speakers had backgrounds in different areas of radio and broadcasting, from presenters to marketing executives, and the day aimed to give students a flavour of the industry. So, the more you listen and text or email in, the more loyalty points you stack up (I have a spreadsheet). MALCOLM "Calum" Macdonald, who has died of cancer aged 32, was a journalist of immense esteem, integrity and ability whose brief career spanned some of Scotland's leading newspaper titles. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. Theres less demand in England so its been a quieter few years on the ceilidh front. Its that kind of ambition to progress, and I think that somewhere like the BBCs really good at opportunities like that as well., When posed with the question of whether radio is in decline, Calum offered a valid counter argument: I think radio is changing, were certainly very aware of that at 5 Live, that now its not just about what youre doing on the radio, its about how youre creating an impact with it, what are you doing online to either match or enhance your onair stuff, so online is a really great way of reaching new people.. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. There he secured the support of Labour MP John McFall during school elections, the member for Dumbarton personally addressing Keil pupils on why they should "Vote Calum". Its also fairly obvious that, in a digital universe, the time lag has got shorter: if the gap was once five years, its now probably down to one, or less. The not-for-profit organisations founding directors include Calum Macdonald, aged 54 and a half, a former digital editor of the Herald & Times Group in Glasgow. HTs to @joshstearns @molly daguilar and the team at the Geraldine Dodge Foundation in New Jersey and Jeff Jarvis @buzzmachine for some of the radical thoughts behind this project. This website is published by We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. Copyright 2023 JLA. I also think it cant be overstated how fun it is to get to sit and chat about the news with well informed, analytical, insightful guests. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. http://positivelyscottish.scot/ has been set up through seed funding from the Alastair Gordon Macdonald legacy. From their very first ceilidh dance way back in 1973 to playing to a crowd of 50,000 fans over a wet weekend in Stirling a year ago, Calum MacDonald We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to He did this alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University. This article is about the British music critic and author. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can I prep the programme. Whether thats MPs, or people with lived experience, or Aasmah and Stig during the handover at 5:55am, speaking to people is my thing. 'The Orchestral Music' in Colin Scott-Sutherland (ed). ' He lived in England from 1971 until his death, first in London and from 1992 in Gloucestershire. I restart the day at about 10:30am. Bed by 9:30pm, get ready to do it all again. The two things that mattered most to Calum were Mhairi and protecting the future of quality journalism. All rights reserved. They do it all the time on Facebook, on such online platforms with massive audiences as Upworthy and Humans of New York. You may request to have this data removed at any time. 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. Phil Dunphy from Modern Family because I think were the same person. 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. Im writing this on Tuesday 13th July, and my new routine is that I then go to the gym. He was 55. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. So no, nerves are good, [they] keep you on your toes. So, it can be anywhere. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. Prior to joining Times Radio, Calum was a producer, reporter and presenter at the BBC working on Radio 5 Live and at BBC Radio Scotland, where he presented a weekly political phone-in: Debate Night Extra. And, crucially, wholl pay for the project? A Gannett Company. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. Its growth will be linked to funding received all new money will be re-invested in more stories. What inspired you to choose this course ahead of all the others on offer? Wholl write the articles? Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Listen to the audio pronunciation of Calum MacDonald (journalist) on pronouncekiwi heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Book Calum Macdonald +44 (0)20 7907 2800 agent@jla.co.uk Synopsis Calum covers the news on the Times Radio breakfast show. Ironically, it sounds a bit like what helped power Scotlands media back in the day, six decades ago. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. 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.. Calum won, appropriately enough, with ineluctably. Tuning in at 5am every day is no mean feat and it deserves rewards. Occasionally on the newsdesk and later, his strong opinions led to confrontations with colleagues, but they typically blew over quickly. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's He also compiled catalogues of the works of John Foulds, Shostakovich, Luigi Dallapiccola and Antal Dorti and contributed articles to many musical encyclopaedias such as the New Grove. 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