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Hector Mackenzie

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Scottish Highlands
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Covers:  General news, features and human interest.
Citizen of the world. Word wrangler for Highland News and Media. hector.mackenzie@hnmedia.co.uk

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Experienced journalist based in the Highlands of Scotland with experience writing for a wide variety of publications and time spent living and working in China.

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Lamb born during Northern Lights in jaw-dropping photo

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By Hector Mackenzie Verified
| The Weekend Drive Verified
By Hector Mackenzie This amazing photo shows a lamb being born on a farm, with the Northern Lights as a backdrop. Katie McMillan took the image of her dad Euan at work shortly before midnight on April 15 on the family croft at Slumbay, Lochcarron in Wester Ross, Scotland. His white torchlight shows a ewe that has just had a lamb - as the Northern Lights appears in the sky. Katie explained: “He was just getting to his feet and looking for his first drink in this picture.
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Lamb born during Northern Lights in jaw-dropping photo

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| Black Hills Pioneer Verified
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Lamb born during Northern Lights in jaw-dropping photo

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By Hector Mackenzie Verified
| Times-Leader Verified
By Hector Mackenzie This amazing photo shows a lamb being born on a farm, with the Northern Lights as a backdrop. Katie McMillan took the image of her dad Euan at work shortly before midnight on April 15 on the family croft at Slumbay, Lochcarron in Wester Ross, Scotland. His white torchlight shows a ewe that has just had a lamb - as the Northern Lights appears in the sky. Katie explained: “He was just getting to his feet and looking for his first drink in this picture.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering community councils that no one else wanted to do while holding down an unlucrative school cleaner side hustle as a teenager.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

How is social media changing news?

It's Aladdin's cave and Pandora's box in one and the journalist's job is to find the treasure and slay the monsters.