1,157 likes. The not-for-profit organisations founding directors include Calum Macdonald, aged 54 and a half, a former digital editor of the Herald & Times Group in Glasgow. CALUM Macdonald, Crosswords Editor and former Group Digital Editor of The Herald has died. A basic mobile phone was deemed pointless by him, to his familys frustration. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host Whats the best thing about working on Times Radio? VAT number GB 243 8054 69. For other people named Malcolm MacDonald, see, "Ronald Stevenson, composer-pianist: an exegetical critique from a pianistic perspective", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_MacDonald_(music_critic)&oldid=1088686774, People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Its that kind of ambition to progress, and I think that somewhere like the BBCs really good at opportunities like that as well., When posed with the question of whether radio is in decline, Calum offered a valid counter argument: I think radio is changing, were certainly very aware of that at 5 Live, that now its not just about what youre doing on the radio, its about how youre creating an impact with it, what are you doing online to either match or enhance your onair stuff, so online is a really great way of reaching new people.. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. What course are you studying? Crosswords, I hear you. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. We are lucky at The Herald. 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. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. Biography Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. Stig Abell, because he hates organised fun. They vote with their cursors and shun articles that leave them bored, unfulfilled or even depressed. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. 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. He's had more exclusives than I've had school dinners. contact the editor here. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. 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. Comments have been closed on this article. Looking back on his time at university, Calum regards FreshAir as hugely important, describing it as just a good playground, to try stuff out. MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. I was being myself, I was doing what I loved and that made all the difference. Somehow, you never quite believe people will actually want to be part of the programme, but there you've been, every day at 5am. Calum has achieved a lot in the short time he has been in the professional world, but he started young. Positively Scottish: so why we dont harness the Scottish USP to an agenda of solutions journalism, and see if theres an audience for that? The very last book came out during a family holiday in Portmahomack; on that occasion, Calum and Mhairi drove to a small bookshop in Tain to collect it. 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A publication run by Media Lab Bayern. 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. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In just eight years, his charm and persistence combined to produce some of the best remembered stories in the Evening Times, Daily Record and The Herald since the turn of the decade. I also think it cant be overstated how fun it is to get to sit and chat about the news with well informed, analytical, insightful guests. His unsurpassed coverage of the trial's collapse provoked a fall-out between the Lord Advocate and senior members of the judiciary, and earned praise from the legal establishment. He also found a home for his pedantry by becoming a part-time sub-editor with both The Herald and Sunday Herald, where he would quietly confess to re-evaluating colleagues' work. Whats the best piece of advice youve ever been given? And, crucially, wholl pay for the project? Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He was a first class editor, with a particular knack for coming up with the perfect introduction. Although he secured a scholarship with leading practice McGrigors, where he was told he was unlikely to surpass the ramifications of his World's End coverage in his legal career, he maintained a desire to work for the Crown. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. 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. We will never share the data you submit here with a third party. 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. He has hosted events for News UK, including a live broadcast afternoon interviewing Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne around the launch of TalkTV. Wednesday, 12 October saw FreshAir student radio hold the Student Radio Associations Scotland Training Day. 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. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. 1/gavin-williamson-whatsapp-message-teachers-work-pandemic/, A time to pause in honour of Queen of Scots. He joined the station from its launch and now presents the breakfast show, as well as programmes across the network. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. As a reporter, Night News Editor, Digital Editor for the Herald & Times group and as Group News Editor the job he loved the most he was an intrinsic part of the newspaper for 25 years. Chief Leader Writer and Columnist,The Observer, Can't find who you are looking for? I am LIVE on the radio from my actual HOME in the Western Isles this morning 7am-10am on Times Radio! I play the accordion. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. So it seems entirely proper that Positively Scottish launches thanks to a legacy created by part of my share of his will. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. There he secured the support of Labour MP John McFall during school elections, the member for Dumbarton personally addressing Keil pupils on why they should "Vote Calum". 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. 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. My dad. FreshAirs always done something which is really impressive and had a really varied schedule. Variety is a good one as well actually [] Next weeks guest, how are they different to this weeks guest? In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. But within a year he had switched to literature, attaining an honours degree. Calums mother Elizabeth (nee Mitchell), a graduate in maths and moral philosophy at Aberdeen University, was a school teacher before having a family. Life path number 9 It was awesome.. Contact Calum, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. Recently, we were able to dish out hundreds of face masks to our most loyal members just doing our bit to maintain PPE supplies across the nation, and around the world in fact. I always have. However, he would definitely have approved of something which offered real work opportunities to journalists, especially the younger generation wholl miss out on the sort of workplace training readily on offer to him (and his son). Then I do a bit of producing for the next mornings Early Breakfast programme reading, finding guests, getting organised. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. Tell us something not many people know about you? Politics (MA Hons) at the University of Edinburgh. Other books include a tourist guidebook to the city of Edinburgh and a multi-volume edition of the musical journalism of Havergal Brian. Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio. Life path number 2 December 12, 1812 - John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872). We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. All start from a belief that much of the modern digital audience is regularly switched off by the mainstream media agenda of disaster, conflict, political knockabout, and celebrity clickbait. He was 55. Im very rusty now but when I was young I played at ceilidh dances most weekends around Inverness where I grew up. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. About News UK. HP10 9TY. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. To have been welcomed by you, as listeners and friends, has been astonishing. Please tick this box if you would like to receive these emails. So, the more you listen and text or email in, the more loyalty points you stack up (I have a spreadsheet). Presenting news radio programmes has been my dream since I was 11 years old. I go on air at 5am. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Not forgotten, so much as disregarded. Their daughter, Mhairi, was born in 1996. 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. I think Radio 1s doing this really well, its really advanced its performance online. 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. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. Always your Freitag": the Brian letters at McMaster University'; 'Havergal Brian's Letter to Herbert Thompson: some implications'; ', 'A Plaited Music: Ronald Stevenson at 70' in 'Meeting Ronald Stevenson', symposium in. My phone. This byline is for a different person with the same name. 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. Calum Macdonald @CalumAM @timesradio Breakfast 6-10am, Fri-Sun | @whitehallsource podcast | Proudly Member # 1, Times Radio Early Breakfast Club (2020-22) /hello@calumam.com / Media Personality London instagram.com/CalumAM Born June 19, 1993 Joined July 2011 1,619 Following 9,108 Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Pinned Tweet Calum Macdonald If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Thanks Dad: back to the future for a positive Scottish media alternative. Thats commitment. The one bit advice that really used to annoy me was to be myself, and I used to hate that. And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. While it seems that younger people are engaging less and less in radio, using Spotify or other streaming services to listen to music, Calum thinks radio still has a fighting chance. HTs to @joshstearns @molly daguilar and the team at the Geraldine Dodge Foundation in New Jersey and Jeff Jarvis @buzzmachine for some of the radical thoughts behind this project. He played cricket and football (he was goalkeeper in the school team), and did stage management in the drama club, an early sign of his talent for organising. His most recent venture, Positively Scottish, grew out of a desire to counter what he felt was a disappointing excess of negativity in Scottish news journalism. 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. 'Words and Music in Late Shostakovich' in C. Norris (ed). Contact JLA for more suggestions +44 (0)20 7907 2800. Who would play you in the film of your life? What career advice would you give your younger self? Terms & Conditions | Cookies | Contact Us. contact the editor here. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. He died at Leckhampton Hospice.[1]. Right from the start of first year, graduation never seems that far away. Radios intimate, it just is. FreshAir does it well anyway, but can continue to improve its presence on Facebook and Twitter putting content out specifically for these platforms, so that people can come to it. Taking on the problems and challenges in journalism. Hours after CCTV footage showed Watson setting fire to curtains at the Scottish Politician of the Year awards, he brusquely denied his culpability to Macdonald. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. Everybody thats in this room today who wants to work in radio is in a perfect position to be reaching the future radio audience They are the future radio audience as well. 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. Nowadays, Calum is living his dream: "I'm currently a broadcast journalist with BBC Radio 5 Live, so primarily producing programmes, occasionally reporting on various bits and pieces, reading the news from time to time, and recording various interviews and podcasts. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. 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. 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. "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). heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. To get involved, you need to listen to Early Breakfast and get in touch either live or on-demand. Merry Christmas! 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. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Editors' Code of Practice. Spreading ideas, passions and new ways of thinking about media. Introduction Our Mission Our Responsible Media Charter . News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. The following day a penitent Humphrys wrote the journalist a personal e-mail, making a "terrible admission of ignorance". 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. This reflected his fascination with the English language. After graduating in 1983, he was accepted onto the Thomson Regional Newspaper trainee scheme, at the end of which he was described as a confident young man of ability and good humour who would be an asset to any news team. Their daughter, Mhairi, was born in 1996. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. Editors' Code of Practice. There he is affectionately remembered for his declarations of "you'll never guess what just happened", which rarely disappointed. Wholl write the articles? View the profiles of professionals named "Calum Macdonald" on LinkedIn. Calum recently worked on an exclusive with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), highlighting the unhealthiness of many relationships between YouTubers and their adoring fans. He has integrity, hes made history, and I firmly believe his journalism has changed the world locally where my family live, and throughout Scotland. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. 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. Flash forward: its 2016, and everything has changed. Macdonald was unfazed by reputation. His most recent venture, Positively Scottish, grew out of a desire to counter what he felt was a disappointing excess of negativity in Scottish news journalism. What inspired you to choose this course ahead of all the others on offer? Hearing their stories, their views, their opinions and all about them is absolutely my thing. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 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. They do it all the time on Facebook, on such online platforms with massive audiences as Upworthy and Humans of New York. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. Phil Dunphy from Modern Family because I think were the same person. Nostalgic memories? 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. This is day two. Log In or Sign Up Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum Macdonald See Photos Calum Macdonald Menu. Calum Macdonald Verified Presenter, Early Breakfast, Times Radio London Arts and Entertainment, Sports, United Kingdom As seen in: Times Radio, BBC, The Times @timesradio Breakfast 6-10am, Fri-Sun | @whitehallsource podcast | Proudly Member # 1, Times Radio Early Breakfast Club (2020-22) /hello@calumam.com / Articles Search Comments have been closed on this article. A Gannett Company. The sports writer has died (at the good age of 85) and the son finds himself like so many others too old/expensive for a legacy print industry which is in spiralling decline, collectively bemused by the digital revolution. Required fields are marked *. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Calum won, appropriately enough, with ineluctably. They read the next one together before Mhairi started reading them herself. Yet Calum Macdonald has achieved the seemingly impossible. 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. Im writing this on Tuesday 13th July, and my new routine is that I then go to the gym. But surely organisations with a social mission would welcome an editorial partnership with a website which can demonstrate a niche but growing readership, committed to positive values? In 2001, Macdonald joined the Evening Times in Glasgow but after just nine months he was poached by the Daily Record. This ensured that both before and after the 2014 independence referendum, The Herald & Times online forum was a site of impassioned but meaningful debate. Which is where the son, with a bit of help from his Dad, starts afresh. Always be aware that while people like me might give you advice on how to get somewhere, theres loads of different routes, and so whats worked for me might not work for the next person, so just start knocking on doors and speaking to people and work out the best way for you., Your email address will not be published. A Gannett Company. Atishoo! Drop by, say hello in the comments and I cant believe someone designed this as an actual career. Comments Off. I finish the programme at 6am. Hes a journalist and broadcaster, and hes the best one I know. 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. 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