Scott Binnie Email & Phone Number

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Designing and planning of sports pages for some of our daily newspapers including Press and Journal, The Courier, Evening Express and Evening Telegraph. The majority of my duties are on the Evening titles but I provide cover for the P&J and Courier as required for holidays and absences. This role requires me to design and plan the sport sections each night, filing copy to the pages and ensuring designs are appropriate and compelling to the readers. I perform initial copytasting and proofing as… Show more Designing and planning of sports pages for some of our daily newspapers including Press and Journal, The Courier, Evening Express and Evening Telegraph. The majority of my duties are on the Evening titles but I provide cover for the P&J and Courier as required for holidays and absences. This role requires me to design and plan the sport sections each night, filing copy to the pages and ensuring designs are appropriate and compelling to the readers. I perform initial copytasting and proofing as well as designing the back pages, which includes writing headlines aimed at capturing the attention of readers. Since 2023 I have also extended my duties to perform these tasks for the Sunday Post's Post Match supplement, a popular football pullout. This is a cover role in which I handle duties during staff absences and is in addition to my normal weekly tasks. Show less

Dundee, United Kingdom

I was part of the subbing pool for the Courier, Press and Journal, Evening Express and Evening Telegraph newspapers. I helped create headlines, captions, and subbed copy to fit and in-house style. I ensured all copy was grammatically correct and accurate.

Angus, Scotland

Job initially involved covering Forfar Athletic FC for the Forfar Dispatch newspaper on top of a variety of local sports teams and clubs. I contributed to the news section of the publication as well. There was an increasing focus on digital content over time.Since April of 2015 the role shifted to covering sport for the entirety of Angus. The titles under my umbrella are Arbroath Herald, Brechin Advertiser, Forfar Dispatch, Guide and Gazette, Kirrie Herald and Montrose Review. I cover all… Show more Job initially involved covering Forfar Athletic FC for the Forfar Dispatch newspaper on top of a variety of local sports teams and clubs. I contributed to the news section of the publication as well. There was an increasing focus on digital content over time.Since April of 2015 the role shifted to covering sport for the entirety of Angus. The titles under my umbrella are Arbroath Herald, Brechin Advertiser, Forfar Dispatch, Guide and Gazette, Kirrie Herald and Montrose Review. I cover all four senior SPFL football teams as well as the local Junior sides. There is a strong presence of rugby and cricket in various parts of the county as well. I ensure pages are filled and I used focus on maintaining the websites, uploading regular content, before a project saw the websites withdrawn. I attend football games at least once a week for work, providing live Twitter coverage and conducting exclusive interviews for post-match reaction in both print and digital publication. Show less

Stirling News

News reporter for Stirling News, a free weekly title. Role involved lots of community-focused news, such as community council meetings and planning issues. Maintained involvement in sport sections of Alloa Advertiser and Stirling News during this time.

Assist senior sports reporter in composition of sports content for Alloa Advertiser and covered holiday shifts, during which time I was given responsibility to put pages together. Cover local SFL Third Division club for Stirling News, attending home and away games as well as providing up to the minute news.

Write match reports, previews and features about Stirling Albion. Conduct interviews with manager and players for monthly feature.

Wrote football stories on leagues all over the world, compiled several live match reports of ongoing games.

Helped top Scottish journalists with editing process on Graham Hunter's bestselling book "Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World." Also took part in organisation of several events on the book tour. Social media output for Football Memories project and maintained website via use of Content Management System.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) (Hons), English Literature (British And Commonwealth)

Advanced Higher, English Literature (British And Commonwealth)