Alan Shields
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Metro (UK),
MSN,
MSN Canada,
MSN Money Canada,
MSN UK,
BBC,
Daily Mail,
The Daily Mirror,
The Sun,
Tes,
Scotland on Sunday
and
Covers:
courts, human interest, government, united kingdom, politics, scotland, hard news, tragedy
Reporter and journalist in Scotland. Open to commissions: al.shields@hotmail.co.uk
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Alan Shields’s Biography
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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 …
Alan Shields’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 16 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Trainee at a local paper in a tiny Scottish town
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Hunter S Thompson, without a doubt
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Finding the truth, reporting the facts, being ethical, but also provide readers with entertainment.