Politics of Sound #21 Calum MacDonald, Presenter, Times Radio. 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. He wrote several books, notably volumes on Brahms, Schoenberg, John Foulds, Edgard Varse, the Scottish composer-pianist Ronald Stevenson[2] and a three-volume study of the 32 symphonies of Havergal Brian. 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 Me, hopefully. Calum is a young, emerging broadcaster who's worked for BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 5 Live. Weve no plans for an office: us old hacks know that you find real stories by meeting people in the community, not churning endless press releases at your keyboard. On the P&J, he and colleagues had a competition to see who could come up with the most obscure word in an introduction, a word the sub editors would have to leave in because there was no appropriate alternative. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Phil Dunphy from Modern Family because I think were the same person. This reflected his fascination with the English language. Calums mother Elizabeth (nee Mitchell), a graduate in maths and moral philosophy at Aberdeen University, was a school teacher before having a family. Tricky, since its a new thing, and digital ads really dont work, especially in an age of adblockers. But within a year he had switched to literature, attaining an honours degree. They vote with their cursors and shun articles that leave them bored, unfulfilled or even depressed. And still a pencil lover. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Other books include a tourist guidebook to the city of Edinburgh and a multi-volume edition of the musical journalism of Havergal Brian. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Digital native 50-something (deal with the oxymoron). He is survived by Christine, the Liberal Democrat general election candidate in Edinburgh West, Mhairi, a politics student at the university of Edinburgh, and his twin sisters, Morag and Shona. 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. Whats the best piece of advice youve ever been given? It's not conclusive." Book Calum Macdonald +44 (0)20 7907 2800 agent@jla.co.uk Synopsis Calum covers the news on the Times Radio breakfast show. What course are you studying? Within a fortnight of what was the highlight of his career as a journalist, Macdonald was beginning a two-year law degree at Glasgow University, his natural aptitude for journalism giving way to a latent desire to enter the legal profession. 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. And, crucially, wholl pay for the project? What career advice would you give your younger self? This byline is for a different person with the same name. One presenter once told me the day you dont get nervous is the day you should quit, because youve stopped caring enough about the programme. Registered in England No 81701 On the P&J, he and colleagues had a competition to see who could come up with the most obscure word in an introduction, a word the sub editors would have to leave in because there was no appropriate alternative. To get involved, you need to listen to Early Breakfast and get in touch either live or on-demand. Hes a journalist and broadcaster, and hes the best one I know. In the words of Roy Thomson, owning an ITV franchise is a licence to print money and the newspaper barons also revel in circulations that total millions. Positively Scottish: so why we dont harness the Scottish USP to an agenda of solutions journalism, and see if theres an audience for that? 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. He has integrity, he's made history, and I firmly believe his journalism has changed the world . Biography. Please come and join Chloe and I for Times Radio Breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (6am-10am) from 27th May. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. He began his journalism career in 1999 at the Lennox Herald, where then editor Bill Heaney gave him work experience. They read the next one together before Mhairi started reading them herself. He has also composed a number of works, mainly piano pieces and songs. "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). Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. I think in all areas of media work, its easy to get jealous of others and get frustrated. I get into work at 4am. All those emotions would be valid if you believe that Scotland has fundamentally changed, and no longer needs the written media it once consumed so voraciously. He contributed chapters to symposia on Brahms, Alan Bush, Erik Bergman, Shostakovich, Bernard Stevens, Ronald Stevenson, Varse, an essay on Czesaw Marek to a symposium on Swiss Composers, and another on Scottish composers to a symposium on musical nationalism in Great Britain and Finland. Macdonald's courteous tenacity disarmed many, most notably the former Scottish Executive minister Mike Watson in November 2004. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. MacDonald was a prime mover in the revival of interest in the music of John Foulds. But it needs start-up funding: Even before the dementia kicked in, Dad was too old school to understand digital. 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Resignation? Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio. 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. How to respond? 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. 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. Well, theres no shortage of talented journalists out there, including the hundreds of youngsters who complete university degree training every year and whose only viable career path seems now to lie in PR. Taking on the problems and challenges in journalism. He is survived by Christine, the Liberal Democrat general election candidate in Edinburgh West, Mhairi, a politics student at the university of Edinburgh, and his twin sisters, Morag and Shona. All rights reserved. Since the print business model is all but doomed, it has to be online only, which also means it can easily reach readers in all parts of Scotland, and the vast Scottish diaspora who still cherish news of their homeland. 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. 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. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. All rights reserved. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. 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. 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. 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. How do you say Calum MacDonald (journalist)? 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? Whether thats MPs, or people with lived experience, or Aasmah and Stig during the handover at 5:55am, speaking to people is my thing. Copyright 2023 JLA. 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. Having been on both sides of the conversation, Calum had plenty of advice for Edinburgh students looking to break into the world of radio. A solution in solutions journalism: its a well documented fact that the UK follows after many American trends think music, TV, food. My phone. 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. 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. Its also fairly obvious that, in a digital universe, the time lag has got shorter: if the gap was once five years, its now probably down to one, or less. He was a first class editor, with a particular knack for coming up with the perfect introduction. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. So it seems entirely proper that Positively Scottish launches thanks to a legacy created by part of my share of his will. Macdonald proved the word had existed for centuries, then called upon an academic to comment, whereupon the Today presenter was described as a "blethering skite". Biography [ edit] MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. Im writing this on Tuesday 13th July, and my new routine is that I then go to the gym. Calum spoke to members of student radio stations from across Scotland about how he got where he is now, the importance of student radio, and the future of the platform. Sorry, listeners. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. 'The Orchestral Music' in Colin Scott-Sutherland (ed). ' Contact Calum, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. The full weekend schedule announced yesterday includes, on Saturday mornings, Times columnist and critic Hugo Rifkind, winner of both 'Critic of the Year' and the 'Best of Humour Award' at the Press Awards. The most interesting is people. He also regularly appears on TV and in print in The Times, and his home paper the Stornoway Gazette. In 1990, the confident young man of ability was encouraged to apply to The Herald by the papers then education correspondent, Barclay McBain (now executive editor), who had met him during a press trip to West Germany. We are lucky at The Herald. I'm not saying it's not me. It should be free, for maximum access, and run as a not-for-profit, since good, useful journalism ought to be a social value, not just a commercial commodity. 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. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Editors' Code of Practice. Presenting news radio programmes has been my dream since I was 11 years old. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. http://positivelyscottish.scot/ has been set up through seed funding from the Alastair Gordon Macdonald legacy. 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. Contact JLA for more suggestions +44 (0)20 7907 2800. on Interview: Calum Macdonald explores where the future of radio lies, Bringing Autumn to you: Inspirational budget tips for that real Autumnal feel, Lemn Sissays Origin Stories: The poet discusses orphans in popular culture. CALUM Macdonald is hoping to work for BBC radio after graduating from the University of Edinburgh next year. Its a detailed piece of work, based on the type of interviewing and statistical analysis he later becomes renowned for in a career covering sport, mainly football, including four World Cups, and Aberdeen FC reigning supreme under Alex Ferguson. We are lucky at The Herald. From their very first ceilidh dance way back in 1973 to playing to a crowd of 50,000 fans over a wet weekend in Stirling a year ago, Calum MacDonald 'Three Works by Erik Bergman' in J. Parsons (ed). Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host Chatting to him afterwards, we got to the bottom of where his love for radio began. 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. MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. Edit Now. Previously at the BBC, he has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to spies and protestors. Editors' Code of Practice. You may request to have this data removed at any time. I get up exceptionally early (3:10am), present Early Breakfast to get you briefed on the mornings news, business and sport headlines. While inside, the gangster - still clearly alive - dropped his trousers to show he had not been stabbed or shot. His passing has been felt deeply across Scottish journalism. Throughout this working life, the journalist is part of a Scottish media that thrives. In the two years leading up to the trial of multiple killer Angus Sinclair, he had secured interviews with the accused's wife and officers involved in the initial investigations into the murders in Edinburgh of Helen Scott and Christine Eadie 30 years ago, as well as exclusive pictures of Sinclair's first victim in the early 1960s. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. I also pop up across the rest of the schedule if other people are taking holidays. Listen to the audio pronunciation of Calum MacDonald (journalist) on pronouncekiwi 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. This ensured that both before and after the 2014 independence referendum, The Herald & Times online forum was a site of impassioned but meaningful debate. I am LIVE on the radio from my actual HOME in the Western Isles this morning 7am-10am on Times Radio! Calum recounted: When I was about 11 or 12, I saw a radio news programme going out for the first time [] it blew me away, I thought this was just incredible, so cool. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. He joined the station from its launch and now presents the breakfast show, as well as programmes across the network. 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. 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. He was editor of the modern-music journal Tempo, which he joined in 1972 as assistant to the then editor David Drew, until December 2013, and was a copious contributor to other English-language music-journals and magazines. This website is published by Please list all speakers/performers in whom you are interested, plus budget, venue and event dates. 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. Occasionally on the newsdesk and later, his strong opinions led to confrontations with colleagues, but they typically blew over quickly. That is different to being ambitious and enthusiastic. 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. Its the heyday of Scottish journalism, and the young sports writer is in his element. All the best things that have happened in my career have come entirely out of the blue. So well suited was he to the notoriously high pressure job of news editor that Calum did not find it at all stressful. Yet Calum Macdonald has achieved the seemingly impossible. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . Its awesome. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. He has integrity, hes made history, and I firmly believe his journalism has changed the world locally where my family live, and throughout Scotland. He's also a Conservative MP to this day. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. His involvement in amateur theatre continued at Aberdeen University, where he studied psychology, and English language and literature. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The task came easily to him and he became a regular compiler and then crosswords editor for The Herald, Sunday Herald and The National, as well as editing two books of crosswords; he continued editing crosswords on a freelance basis after leaving the paper. Calum Macdonald. And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. 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. Wholl write the articles? Biography Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. 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. Life path number 9 As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. 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. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. A Gannett Company. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Theres less demand in England so its been a quieter few years on the ceilidh front. Only 12 months after graduating, he landed himself a staff contract as a producer on Radio 5 Live. Calum Macdonald Presenter, Times Radio United Kingdom 994 followers 500+ connections Join to follow Times Radio The University of Edinburgh Personal Website Contact Calum for services Corporate. Its growth will be linked to funding received all new money will be re-invested in more stories. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. Terms & Conditions | Cookies | Contact Us. This is day two. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Variety is a good one as well actually [] Next weeks guest, how are they different to this weeks guest? Im very rusty now but when I was young I played at ceilidh dances most weekends around Inverness where I grew up. View the profiles of professionals named "Calum Macdonald" on LinkedIn. Crosswords, I hear you. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can That allows the site to be funded through its proof-of-concept phase, with a view to attracting external finance and eventually becoming self-sustaining. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. Calum emerg I love speaking to people. He is currently in third year, studying politics. Calum Macdonald is a presenter and journalist on Times Radio. Whats the best thing about working on Times Radio? 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. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. contact the editor here. FreshAirs always done something which is really impressive and had a really varied schedule. For Calum, the pressure of live radio never wears off: The most recent time I [read the news] was exactly the same as the first time I did it. Prior to joining Times Radio, Calum was a producer, reporter and presenter at the BBC working on Radio 5 Live and at BBC Radio Scotland, where he presented a weekly political phone-in: Debate Night Extra. I finish the programme at 6am. That was a sickening morning. 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. I was being myself, I was doing what I loved and that made all the difference. Calum won, appropriately enough, with ineluctably. Calum Macdonald's Post. 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. The task came easily to him and he became a regular compiler and then crosswords editor for The Herald, Sunday Herald and The National, as well as editing two books of crosswords; he continued editing crosswords on a freelance basis after leaving the paper. Menu. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. Outside of work, Calum Macdonald was a loyal friend and a very proud father. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. 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. A Gannett Company. He met his future wife, fellow reporter Christine Jardine, in 1985, and they married in February 1987 at Glasgow University chapel. 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. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host @CalumAM 9,898 followers, 20,432 tweets. Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host He died at Leckhampton Hospice.[1]. 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. One time I presented four programmes in two days. Special guests and speakers had backgrounds in different areas of radio and broadcasting, from presenters to marketing executives, and the day aimed to give students a flavour of the industry. HP10 9TY. Somehow, you never quite believe people will actually want to be part of the programme, but there you've been, every day at 5am. Assuming I dont sleep through my alarm, I wake up at 3:10am. Mainly from the flyleaves of his books, and an autobiographical article, 'Too Many Records' in International Record Review (June 2002 edition). 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. But how can you not treasure the thing that connects you with your closest family and friends so easily? The Early Breakfast Club is The Times most exclusive members club. Because youve kept in touch with these people, and demonstrated a bit of what you can do, then they can kind of point you in the right direction when opportunities are going to be coming up.. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. 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