Chris Marshall Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Reporting for newspapers including The Times, The Herald and the Daily Mail as well as freelance work for the BBC.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Temporary contract working on consumer affairs programme for Channel 4

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Sourcing and writing exclusive stories for both The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday• Writing commentary and analysis for the opinion pages• Managing other reporters while deputising for the news editor / night news editor• Writing long-form features for Scotland on Sunday• Representing the newspaper at conferences and in other mediaAfter joining the paper as education correspondent in 2011, I switched to covering home affairs two years later. More recently, I have contributed a number of long-form articles for both The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday on issues such as Russian interference in UK politics; community justice, and the links between childhood trauma and later criminal behaviour. As a reporter I covered both the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and Brexit, as well as high-profile legal cases such as the World’s End Trial.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Contributed exclusive stories in the high-pressure environment of an evening paper• Led a team of reporters in our coverage of the Edinburgh tram project• Edited reporters’ copy / wire copy while acting as an assistant news editor• Wrote daily features to short deadlines• Managed colleagues / running the news desk while acting as night news editor• Won a Scottish Press Award for reporting on tram project

Aberdeen

• Contributed both exclusive and on-diary articles on stories such as the Glasgow airport terror attack and the row over Donald Trump’s golf course• Covered Aberdeen sheriff court• Worked as an on-call reporter at nights and weekends, regularly travelling to stories across the north of Scotland

London, United Kingdom

• Filed for the news wire on stock markets including the FTSE while working as part of the equities team• Carried out interviews with traders and economists for Bloomberg TV• Wrote breaking news including on the day of the July 7 terror attacks• Edited other reporters’ copy under pressure of team while working on the news desk