1,157 likes. Its awesome. 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. Copyright 2023 JLA. News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Tell us something not many people know about you? Hello. He met his future wife, fellow reporter Christine Jardine, in 1985, and they married in February 1987 at Glasgow University chapel. He has the - almost - unique experience of being Health Secretary during a pandemic, and not many can claim that (other than Sajid Javid). But it needs start-up funding: Even before the dementia kicked in, Dad was too old school to understand digital. 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 was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. A basic mobile phone was deemed pointless by him, to his familys frustration. Occasionally on the newsdesk and later, his strong opinions led to confrontations with colleagues, but they typically blew over quickly. 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. 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. This byline is for a different person with the same name. 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. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. 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. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host He has hosted events for News UK, including a live broadcast afternoon interviewing Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne around the launch of TalkTV. 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. I am LIVE on the radio from my actual HOME in the Western Isles this morning 7am-10am on Times Radio! He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. Information is stored in a database in order to service your enquiry, but are deleted once it is no longer required. But it is not the only way. Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. 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. FORMER Stirling Observer reporter Calum Macdonald died from cancer last week at the age of just 32. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. Bitterness? This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to By Calum Macdonald May 12, 2015 Experience Co-founder PositivelyScottish.scot Jun 2016 - Present6 years 8 months Scotland Helping run a not-for-profit online magazine telling inspiring stories. Crosswords, I hear you. 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. 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. A solution in solutions journalism: its a well documented fact that the UK follows after many American trends think music, TV, food. MALCOLM "Calum" Macdonald, who has died of cancer aged 32, was a journalist of immense esteem, integrity and ability whose. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Biography [ edit] MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. Its the heyday of Scottish journalism, and the young sports writer is in his element. Assuming I dont sleep through my alarm, I wake up at 3:10am. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. 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. Editors' Code of Practice. 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. Student media thrives at Edinburgh, and he believes that his time here contributed to his success so far. CALUM Macdonald, Crosswords Editor and former Group Digital Editor of The Herald has died. 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. How do you say Calum MacDonald (journalist)? Resignation? CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. Calum covers the news on the Times Radio breakfast show. Editors' Code of Practice. 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Life path number 6 November 17, 1765 - Jacques MacDonald, French general (d. 1840). Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. I think in all areas of media work, its easy to get jealous of others and get frustrated. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. Wholl write the articles? Whether thats MPs, or people with lived experience, or Aasmah and Stig during the handover at 5:55am, speaking to people is my thing. He's also a Conservative MP to this day. I get up exceptionally early (3:10am), present Early Breakfast to get you briefed on the mornings news, business and sport headlines. Father and daughter would always go together at midnight the day the latest instalment was released, to buy their copy. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. While inside, the gangster - still clearly alive - dropped his trousers to show he had not been stabbed or shot. So does he think that student radio capitalises enough on its unique position to engage the student population? A crossword buff, not long after joining The Herald, he started setting them. Then theres the possibility of philanthropic or grant aid for robust journalism with a community benefit, not to mention individual supporters who can afford to help maintain something that brings daily positivity. contact the editor here. Stig Abell, because he hates organised fun. On the P&J, he and colleagues had a competition to see who could come up with the most obscure word in an introduction, a word the sub editors would have to leave in because there was no appropriate alternative. Calum emerges with an brilliant selection by Taylor Swift, Jason Isbell and Del Amitri and reveals how his . Then I do a bit of producing for the next mornings Early Breakfast programme reading, finding guests, getting organised. Introduction Our Mission Our Responsible Media Charter . Father and daughter would always go together at midnight the day the latest instalment was released, to buy their copy. 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. He also regularly appears on TV and in print in The Times, and his home paper the Stornoway Gazette. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. 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. From speaking to him, it seems that persisting with work experience, however discouraging, is one of the best ways to make the first steps into the industry. 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. Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio. Calum has achieved a lot in the short time he has been in the professional world, but he started young. Me, hopefully. Spreading ideas, passions and new ways of thinking about media. 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. Outside of work, Calum Macdonald was a loyal friend and a very proud father. He's a journalist and broadcaster, and he's the best one I know. Looking back on his time at university, Calum regards FreshAir as hugely important, describing it as just a good playground, to try stuff out. This website is published by We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. He did this alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University. Across the Atlantic, some of the most successful and prestigious publications have already embraced solutions or constructive journalism see Whats Working in HuffPo, Fixes in the New York Times, and Take Action in the Christian Science Monitor. 37 talking about this. This reflected his fascination with the English language. A Gannett Company. And still lavish profits for the owners. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. A slightly different piece in your inbox this morning. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. 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. Scots, famously, consume more papers per capita than any other country in the world and the revenue swilling around the system means lavish staffing, with equally lavish salaries and expenses for employees. "I took a simple little theme and developed it": Shostakovich's string concertos and sonatas' in Pauline Fairclough and David Fanning (eds), 'Sense and Sound: Gerhard's Fourth Symphony' (, 'Visionary and Craftsman: Scriabin and Enescu' (, 'Visionary Ecstasy: Szymanowski's Third Symphony' (, 'Unreconciled Spirit: Franz Liszt 100 Years On' (, 'Sombre Tragedy: Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Symphonies' (, 'John Foulds (18801939). 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. Macdonald was unfazed by reputation. 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. Whats the best thing about working on Times Radio? All the best things that have happened in my career have come entirely out of the blue. 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. He is currently in third year, studying politics. Calum Macdonald's Post. The culmination of his natural inquisitiveness, forensic attention to detail and fascination with the human angle was his coverage of the World's End murder trial. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. You can text in live, or email anytime: earlybreakfastclub@times.radio youll get a membership number and thats you in the door. Ironically, it sounds a bit like what helped power Scotlands media back in the day, six decades ago. 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. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please 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. Digital native 50-something (deal with the oxymoron). Born in Dumbarton in April, 1976, Calum was dux of Keil School before going to Aberdeen. 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. 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From time to time we send out emails announcing new speakers, special offers and free tickets to our showcase events including Speakers Breakfasts and the JLA Real Variety Show. Life path number 9 Presenting news radio programmes has been my dream since I was 11 years old. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Merry Christmas! I remember talking to teachers - and about teachers on-air - and referring to them as the forgotten front line during the pandemic. He died at Leckhampton Hospice.[1]. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Its a detailed piece of work, based on the type of interviewing and statistical analysis he later becomes renowned for in a career covering sport, mainly football, including four World Cups, and Aberdeen FC reigning supreme under Alex Ferguson. Wednesday, 12 October saw FreshAir student radio hold the Student Radio Associations Scotland Training Day. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Sorry, listeners. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. To have been welcomed by you, as listeners and friends, has been astonishing. One time I presented four programmes in two days. He is survived by Christine, the Liberal Democrat general election candidate in Edinburgh West, Mhairi, a politics student at the university of Edinburgh, and his twin sisters, Morag and Shona. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Flash forward: its 2016, and everything has changed. So living the dream is definitely up there as an answer to this. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Politics of Sound #21 Calum MacDonald, Presenter, Times Radio. 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. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. Their daughter, Mhairi, was born in 1996. 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. Comments have been closed on this article. Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. Thats commitment. 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. Born in Dumbarton, Macdonald attended Bonhill Primary and then secured a scholarship to Keil School in the town, becoming dux in 1992 and senior chief in 1993. The following day a penitent Humphrys wrote the journalist a personal e-mail, making a "terrible admission of ignorance". MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. But give them a chance to engage with an uplifting story, to be inspired by an ordinary persons solution to a problem, and theyll both read and share it. As a reporter, Night News Editor, Digital Editor for the Herald &. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. 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