Shaun Milne
Journalist in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Contact:
Work: [email protected]
Other: [email protected]
Credentials
Online News Editor, The Scottish Sun - Dec 2016 - Present
Freelance Journalist: April 2016 - Nov 2016
> Digital Journalist, Scottish Sun; freelance News Editor, The Sunday Herald; freelance journalist, The National; freelance News Editor, The Herald.
PR & Digital Media Director, Lucid PR: April 2015 – March 2016
Freelance News Editor, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday and The National: November 2014 – April 2015
Editor, Advance Content & Digital Publishing, STV: July 2013 – October 2014
Editor, STV Local, STV: April 2011 – July 2013
Regional Editor (Edinburgh), STV Local, STV: February 2011 – April 2011
Consulting Managing Editor, Deadline News: March 2009 – February 2011
Co-Founder/Editor in Chief, Planet Ink Ltd: January 2006 – February 2009
Associate News Editor, Daily Record: February 2006 – August 2007
Assistant Editor, Daily Mirror (Scotland): January 2003 – January 2006
News Editor, Daily Mirror (Scotland): January 2001 – January 2003
News Reporter, Daily Mirror: August 2000 – January 2001
News Reporter, Sunday People: March 2000 – July 2000
News Reporter, Daily Record: January 1996 – March 2000
Casual: Daily Record/ Sunday Mail: January 1995 - January 1996
Reporter/Sports Editor, Cumnock Chronicle: November 1994 – November 1995
News Reporter, Wigtown Free Press: October 1993 – November 1994
AWARDS
Bank of Scotland Press Awards - Team of the Year for War in Kosovo (2000)
PPA Scotland - Winner: Staff Magazine of the Year (2007)
PPA Scotland - Runner-up: Consumer Specialist Magazine of the Year (2007)
PPA Scotland - Runner-up: Customer Magazine of the Year (2007)
PPA Scotland - Runner-up: Customer Magazine of Year (2008)
EDUCATION
Institut Francais d’Ecosse, 2014 - 2015: Level One French
Knight Centre for Journalism, 2014: Social Media for Journalists
NCTJ, 1995: National Proficiency Certificate
Edinburgh Napier University, 1991 - 1993: HND Journalism Studies
ADDITIONAL
Covered major news events including conflicts & refugee crises in Kosovo; civil war in Sierra Leone; death of Diana Princess of Wales; Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004; Millennium Dome diamond heist; G8 summit during 7/7 London terror attack; Clutha helicopter crash in 2013; 2014 Commonwealth Games; nine UK & Scottish elections; 1997 Devolution Referendum & 2014 Scottish Referendum.