David Mac Dougall

Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press

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Nordic & Baltic reporter for Associated Press Television

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US crime author has dark take on Finnish society
US crime author has dark take on Finnish society
March 19, 2013

HELSINKI (AP) - In the doorway of a Helsinki bar on a snowy December afternoon, American author James Thompson is being offered a pair of Russian army night vision goggles that may - or may not - have fallen off the back of a truck. The author, a Kentucky native who's lived in Finland for the past 15 years, has recently signed a new deal with pu...

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South Africa: Johannesburg highlights African art
South Africa: Johannesburg highlights African art
March 19, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - With a profusion of colors, textures and styles, the annual Johannesburg Art Fair highlights artists, galleries and museum collections from across Africa. The fourth a...

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South Africa: Mandela's daughter promotes road safety
March 19, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, her tragic death cast a shadow over the start of the FIFA World Cup, and kept the former...

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Reaction to Gypsy camps tests Norway's mantra of tolerance on massacre anniversary
Reaction to Gypsy camps tests Norway's mantra of tolerance on massacre anniversary
March 19, 2013

Photo Credit: David Mac Dougall , AP Photo OSLO, Norway - Norway's commitment to face xenophobia with tolerance on the first anniversary of bomb and gun attacks by a confessed right-wing ...

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200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Sold at Auction to Anonymous Internet Bidder
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Sold at Auction to Anonymous Internet Bidder
March 19, 2013

MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction...

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What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Embrace social media, but don't ignore good old fashioned shoe leather, hand shaking & coffees to cultivate face-to-face contacts & sources.

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David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@gavinmartinen Ha! I thought the same think! We were transfixed by the girl-on-girl kiss.
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@LLapintie That's profound.
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
I keep spotting this photo of me & @malinrising at Eurovision watching @KristaSiegfrids. Kiitos paljon, @YLENews! tinyurl.com/qy3mm2k

Finnish Eurovision contestant: Kiss may have cost points

yle.fi — Image: Sari Gustafsson / AFP Finland ranked third from last in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Denmark won the competition in Malmö, Sweden in the early hours of Sunday. The Finnish entry, "Marry Me" byKrista Siegfrids, placed 24th out the 26th finalists.
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@KristaSiegfrids Thanks for Friday's interview - YLE & Iltalehti ran a photo of me & colleagues watching you in Malmö tinyurl.com/qy3mm2k

Finnish Eurovision contestant: Kiss may have cost points

yle.fi — Image: Sari Gustafsson / AFP Finland ranked third from last in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Denmark won the competition in Malmö, Sweden in the early hours of Sunday. The Finnish entry, "Marry Me" byKrista Siegfrids, placed 24th out the 26th finalists.
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
In a troubled world, a new hero will rise. Check out #Finland's "Naked Ninja" on the mean streets of Tampere tinyurl.com/pp2u9lg

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iltalehti.fi — Tiistai 21.5.2013 klo 08.27 Oman elämänsä ninja riehui ja häiriköi poliisia Tampereella. Tampereen Kalkussa riehunut mies varasti lähikaupasta useamman kaljan. Mies räyhäsi kaupasta lähteneelle takaa-ajajalle ja sen jälkeen paikalle saapuneille poliiseille. Poliisien saapuessa mies hyppäsi poliisiauton katolle ja alkoi potkia auton hälytysvaloja. LUKIJAN VIDEO
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@jessflynn And will the pigs already be dead when you butcher them, or do you have to start right at the beginning...?
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@jessflynn It's alright to be both :-)
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
Been a long week! From the chilly Arctic to sunny hot Malmö. Now on the @Finnair flight home to #Helsinki.
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@Stippidoo Amen to that, brother! I'm with you 100%. You'd be hard pressed to find a more staunch atheist than me :-)
David Mac Dougall Senior Producer, Nordic and Baltic Region, Associated Press @davidmacdougall
@Stippidoo but seriously that story's a shocker "because you're all evil disbelieving sinners church jobs will be lost" is the message.
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