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Alan Shields
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Freelance Journalist, Metro (UK)
Aberdeen, Dunfermline
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Biography
Experience Reporter Newsline Scotland January 2013 – Present (5 months) Trainee reporter Scottish Provincial Press February 2010 – Present (3 years 4 months) Reporter for two weekly newspaper paid-for titles, the Caithness Courier and the John O'Groat Journal. • Working as part of a three man team covering a geographic area larger than Greater London. Although rural, the area has a big news agenda with current hot topics including renewable energy and the decommissioning of Dounreay as well as a raft of human interest stories and other off-diary work. • Major contributor to an extensive paper overhaul and redesign. • Key player in the development of a new website which is going from strength to strength with an 85% increase in the number of visitors between 2011 and 2012. • Extensive one-on-one training covering law, ethics, government, copyright, use of images and a variety of other topics with head of Press Association training, Tony Johnston, and co-author of McNae's, David Banks. • Instrumental in using and promoting social media as a new research and contact making tool for the paper as well as successfully expanding our readership. • Keen photographer which has helped overcome budgetary constraints and brought an increase in the number of images used in every issue and online. Freelance DC Thomson February 2010 – Present (3 years 4 months) Football match reports for The Sunday Post on freelance basis as and when required. Very tight deadlines all of which have been met to date. Work experience Scotland on Sunday February 2008 – April 2008 (3 months)Edinburgh, United Kingdom -Worked on Spectrum lifestyle magazine for eight weeks. -Completed numerous travel, pub and restaurant reviews and celebrity interviews which were published.
hard news, human interest government, politics united kingdom, scotlandcourts, tragedy
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Company Info
Metro (UK)
Aberdeen, Dunfermline, , United Kingdom
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