Senior News Reporter ✍️@TheHerald Runner-Up Reporter of the Year 🗞️ Scottish Press Awards 2025 caroline.wilson@heraldandtimes.co.uk
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📣The Herald is launching a new impact series today, with a return to the challenge of Highland depopulation @heraldscotland ✍️
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'She looks like she is ready for anything' Love this new picture of Glasgow fevers nurse Louisa Jordan, released by her family
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SNP's 'UK-leading' child welfare policies could reduce family costs by 31 per cent heraldscotland.com/news/home…
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My wonderful sister Lorraine died on July 16 ♥️
I started writing ✍️ this piece days later but have had to stop and start several times because of the weight of it. 💔 @TargetOvarian @Beatson_Charity
My brave sister gave others hope when she had none' heraldscotland.com/news/2460…
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Kilmarnock Academy has produced the same number of Nobel Prize winners as Eton heraldscotland.com/sport/236…
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Scots comedian to contest Glasgow seat for Laurence Fox Reclaim Party heraldscotland.com/news/1919…
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For Ed, a friend in a million.
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That wee face! Isabelle Ailsa Paton, born at 00.54am at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and one of Scotland's first New Year babies heraldscotland.com/news/1898…
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Second AstraZeneca not nearly as bad as the first - just like the scientists said. Grateful to be fully vaccinated!
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After 16 brilliant years with the Glasgow Times I’m shoogling across to Herald news. Same stable and I’ll still be writing for the GT but looking forward to widening my geography a bit!
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Farewell old friend. 16 years of mostly very happy memories tied up in this building. Lots of laughter, a few tears and the odd decent scoop. Onwards...
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It’s disappointing that despite repeated requests, the Scottish Government hasn’t put anyone up for interview to address our series on depopulation in the Highlands and Islands
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Emails from prs who say they are “disappointed” by a story....Our job isn’t to make you happy? Issues are brought to us, which the majority of reporters cover fairly and within the strict constraints of media law.
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Really bloody disappointed with Glasgow situation. Much longed-for trip home to see parents whom I've seen once in a year now shelved.
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Calls to ban Iran's president from COP26 over 'mass murder' claims heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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Every copy of tomorrow’s Glasgow evening Times will contain a paper bag. Fill it with foodbank items and return it to our offices/city chambers or other drop off points. Simple.
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Someone sent me an email today because I missed out an a in a sentence. 'Is this the work of a senior reporter?'. It's right that readers should expect high standards but....journalism shouldn't be a job where it's just accepted we put up with abuse.
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When the family involved in a really sensitive story get in touch to say they were happy with the way they were represented. Better than a trillion clicks.
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Every pupil in Glasgow will now learn CPR following an Evening Times campaign, a UK first no less @BHFScotland eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1627…
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Delighted to receive runner-up award for @TheEveningTimes #cpr in schools campaign. Well done to @WishawPress for winning with their suicide awareness campaign
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Really delighted to be nominated for ✍️ Reporter of the Year @RegPressAwards for this @heraldscotland series.
It was a brilliant project to work on at a very difficult time. 🙏
The New Highland Clearances: Find every article in the series here heraldscotland.com/news/2408…
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Congratulation to Giovanna - Glasgow restaurateur awarded one of Italy's highest honours @eusebi_deli heraldscotland.com/business_…
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I met Walter a couple of years ago at Parkhead at the launch of the Billy McNeill dementia fund. He was only too happy to pose for a photo for my daddy. Condolences to his family
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I had the great pleasure to interview #Outlander author Diana Gabaldon today ahead of the launch of a five-day conference dedicated to her books at the University of Glasgow @UofGlasgow heraldscotland.com/news/2366…
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The only little boy in famous Highland street where half the homes lie empty.
I travelled to Plockton 🌴for a special feature on the housing🏠 crisis the popular tourist spot is facing heraldscotland.com/news/2415…
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Covering @Dior show at Drummond Castle in Perthshire for @heraldscotland and there’s only one sartorial choice. My mother’s 1960s cape 🙏
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I was working yes but I had a real feeling of peace on Barra. 🙏 Maybe because of the family ties. The islanders could not have been kinder or more helpful. It’s truly a magical place. Look forward to returning when I can relax and enjoy the freshest of air
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Thank you @NHSGGC for my life-saving heart surgery and getting my sister into cancer remission
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I’m a journalist but everyone needs to switch off from the news. Important to look after your mental health too.
@ClassicFM is helping me hugely.
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Really moving watching Michael Palin speak to Ukrainian man he met on his travels decades ago @BBCBreakfast
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Feeling the death of my friend really acutely today. In some ways it gets worse as time goes on. It’s true about the waves then.
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Today is a day I'm reminded why I'm still doing this job - when I'm ticked off about an interview that was set up for me because it didn't go exactly as an organisation wanted. I reported exactly what he said, which is my job.
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‘This is a real place - not a postcard’. If you want to understand the challenges of living in rural areas like the Highlands, read this case study👇🏻Grateful to everyone who has contributed to this series 🙏
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I have to say, I was pretty shocked/depressed by this interview. Feel like I was writing this story 18 years ago at the Evening Times heraldscotland.com/news/2337…
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Seven mile and very hilly walk with my lovely mother of 83, followed by home made scones, cream and jam #lochaber #hardyhighlanders
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New species arriving in Scotland are being given new Gaelic names heraldscotland.com/news/2013…
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Govan pupil gains Cambridge place after uni scheme that aims to improve “patchy” access to Advanced Higher in Scottish schools heraldscotland.com/news/1865…
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Lorna Slater: 'We can be the Scotland of Kenmure Street, not Downing Street' heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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Pleased to get back to being a children's panel member today even virtually. As much as I love my job, I've missed being part of it, things like this (volunteering) really do bring meaning to your life @CHScotland
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Well done to all the Herald & Times winners including my buddy @HMcArdleHT runner-up specialist @ScotPressAwards
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Here it is. Our new campaign to persuade Glasgow City Council to be the first local authority in Scotland to make #CPR training mandatory in all its secondary schools #campaigningjournalism @GlasgowCC @BHFScotland @scottishgov @SaveALifeScot
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‘Her glow will never be extinguished’: Barra remembers Eilidh Macleod heraldscotland.com/news/1932…
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Blown away by the musicians from Glasgow Gaelic School at tonight’s @ModGhlaschu2019 concert at city halls. It’s like a professional music school.
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📣 Starting tomorrow in @heraldscotland a major new series revealing new insights into the two devastating fires at Glasgow School of Art’s beloved ‘Mack’ building, as the 10th anniversary of the first blaze draws near 📣⤵️
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Completed training yesterday to become a mental health first aider for the Herald & Times. It’s a difficult climate in media, good to see company taking this aspect of health into account.
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The trials of buying your first car at 45 after a long, long absence from driving! With brilliant pictures by @elainelivphoto
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I had an interesting chat with Donalda McComb who is saying ‘Beannach Leibh’ to teaching and her ‘family’ of pupils after overseeing Glasgow’s surge in Gaelic Medium Education heraldscotland.com/news/1880…
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I was watching my 12-yo niece doing one the twice weekly Covid tests they do for school and just thinking what a rotten year young people have had, all round. Hoping for a better 2021 for them. 🤞🏻
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Live in a tenement flat in Glasgow's West End? A new site allows you to find out who the first owners were. Love this!
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Breaking: Super-hospital deaths inquiry: Children with cancer were ‘exposed to risk’ glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/1851…
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A story to warm up a chilly Monday - Father receives heart transplant in time to see first child born @scotorgandonor heraldscotland.com/news/1958…
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It’s small but my garden really cheers me up. There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
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Starting off my 46th year on earth with morning yoga led by my lovely sister @Lorrainewilso20 🧘♀️ #unityyoga
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Enjoyed writing this - my Vatersay great granny was a Herring Girl. The Barra business honouring ‘pioneering’ Herring Girls heraldscotland.com/business_…
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Delighted to be among the nominees here for a series of articles highlighting the disproportionate effect of the pandemic on the dementia community #campaigning
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I travelled to the beautiful islands of Barra and Vatersay ✈️ to speak to locals about the challenges (and benefits) of life there. The Western Isles are forecast to lose 6% of their population by 2028 @BarraIsland #newhighlandclearances heraldscotland.com/news/2408…
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Comes on the day I mark and celebrate 20 years with Herald & Times as a reporter ✍️
My role has changed so much over those years it’s never felt like one job.
Grateful 🙏
📣Our @heraldscotland series investigating depopulation in the Highlands & Islands has been shortlisted in the Future of Media awards @pressgazette - if you missed it ⬇️ ✍️
Reversing Highland crisis requires policy makers to 'move heaven and earth' heraldscotland.com/news/2406…
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Vacant shops in a historic part of Glasgow are being transformed for creative start-up businesses and they look brilliant
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Reporters with @Glasgow_Times have a daily team call in the morning and I'm glad that our editor put that in place. It's not just about discussing what's going in the paper, we have a good laugh and the connection with colleagues is maintained - crucial at this time.
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A Scots woman has been named 'midwife of the year'. 👏Caroline Judge is a charge midwife at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley @MariposaTrust @NHSGGC heraldscotland.com/news/2422…
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This story is incredible - Patient has part of her leg removed on operating table, treated at the Beatson for cancer, then re-attached in ground-breaking 12-hour surgery heraldscotland.com/news/1882…
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Congrats to all @TheEveningTimes and @heraldscotland HeraldScotland Scottish press award nominees brilliant! @LadyCatHT @HMcArdleHT @NiallChristie1 @SwarbrickHT @BrianDonnellyHT @Davidpratt
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This is a great piece, there is nowhere quite like Barrowlands for gigs. So many brilliant memories of gigs there - the Verve stands out heraldscotland.com/news/1854…
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A lady passing me as I was doing my garden described me as a “clever wean” today. Got to love Glasgow sometimes and the warmth of community 😂 💐 🌷
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101-year-old born during Spanish flu pandemic receives first dose of vaccine heraldscotland.com/news/1901…
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Amazing effort by @robflett and his sons raising £10,000 in days for @MaggiesCentres with daily 5k runs that he says have helped the family cope with mum’s illness heraldscotland.com/news/1855…
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East end geriatrician who was the first in her family to go to university is awarded honorary degree for contribution to medicine @CaledonianNews @rcpsglasgow heraldscotland.com/news/1949…
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Work Xmas party dramatically scaled back🎄 Dress for the weather = safe socialising and supporting local biz @partickduckclub
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Hearing of a lot of double jagged getting Covid and feeling quite rough indeed. Will be continuing cautious approach - a lot of immune-compromised people out there.
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Image of Castlemilk lads recreated almost 50 years later eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1683…
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Thank you brilliant @JubileeHospital radiology staff for getting me through a very tricky mri scan with kindness and laughter.
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Lovely pictures by
@MearnsColin Glasgow's first baby of the new decade, proud mum Marie with baby Catherine. "It will be a nice story to tell her when she's older."
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I’ve never really been trolled before on Twitter as a journo. Until you cover anything sectarian, football related.
A “sewar rat” Could be worse 😅
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It was my grandparents’ first language. I grew up hearing wonderful words and phrases of endearment from a mother who was made to feel ashamed of her second language in school and is still, to this day, very shy about speaking it. #IsMiseGàidhlig
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Glasgow cabbies could become CPR lifesavers under possible plan eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1639…
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Even though all work is home work and not much is open, I still relish my weekends. Have never been busier as a reporter
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Delighted to say @TheEveningTimes and @heraldscotland are launching a new campaign today backing @alzscot fight for free care for people with advanced dementia. Please show your support by signing the charity’s petition.
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I cover the North/West of Glasgow taking in areas including Maryhill, Balornock, Barmulloch, Blochairn, Ruchill, Kelvindale North Kelvinside, Robroyston, Springburn and Wyndford.Get in touch if you have a story at caroline.wilson@eveningtimes.co.uk
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My mother is hilarious. Wee Highland lady, 83. Her only concern today is that Celtic don't have all their best players.
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A bit of good news...Every Scottish pupil should now be taught life-saving CPR after campaign backed by Evening Times @bhf eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1755…
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My @heraldscotland podcast with @alzscot looking at the cost of dementia care is available here
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