Ruth Watson

@ruthwatson.eurosky.social

Consultancy, Journalist, Campaign Manager, Public Relations

Director at Watson Consultants Ltd

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Consultant, journalist, and campaigner with many years of experience working across continents.

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Career: 13

Director

Watson Consultants Ltd

Oct 2022 - Present

Food and Drink Ambassador

Bioregioning Tayside

Feb 2022 - Present

Working to support and promote the aims and objectives of Bioregioning Tayside in matters relating to food and drink, biodiversity, agriculture, community growing, and more.

Columnist

The National Newspaper

Jan 2022 - Present

Columnist

Farming Scotland Magazine

May 2019 - Present

Keep Scotland the Brand - farming, food and drink

Founder

Keep Scotland the Brand

Oct 2017 - Present

Supporting Scotland's global reputation

Member Board Of Directors

Common Weal Scotland

Mar 2022 - Sep 2024

Owner

Sub-editing Services Online

Feb 2013 - Sep 2017

Articles sub-edited on demand; public relations material created to order; news and feature articles provided.

Consultant Sub-editor

Empire Media Holdings, Malaysia

Oct 2012 - Mar 2013

Sub-editor (freelance)

Department for Education, UK (via 'Scroll LLP')

2004 - 2005

Sub-editing and writing copy relating to UK Government policy and education issues.

Lecturer in Radio Journalism

Dundee College

1999 - 2000

Teaching enthusiastic students the fundamentals of ethics, standards, and reporting skills, from budgeting to broadcast.

Freelance Journalist

Ruth Macaulay

1998 - 1999

Press and Public Relations Officer with Angus Council (maternity cover); as a freelance, providing news, interviews, reports, packages and copy for BBC, Grampian Television and the broadsheets; studio guest commentator in televised discussion programmes.

Journalist

BBC Scotland

Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

Reporter, Researcher, Producer: News and Current Affairs, Features and Documentaries (Television and Radio) Producing and researching live discussion programmes for BBC Scotland and BBC 5Live; creating documentaries: from researching the topic, sourcing and interviewing contributors, to producing the complete product.

Freelance Journalist

Ruth Macaulay

1989 - 1993

Reports, interviews, packages, and copy for BBC Radio and Television News and Current Affairs, specialising in an 'on the ground' approach, broadcasting breaking stories from the people making the news. Studio host and guest in live news and talk shows. News and features for the broadsheet press across the UK.

Skills: 23

Business

Public RelationsSocial MediaWriting

Interpersonal

Research

Other

AudioBroadcast JournalistCommentatorCopy EditingDocumentariesDocumentaryEditingEditorial

Feature ArticlesInterviewsJournalismMedia ProductionOnline JournalismPoliticsProductionRadioRadio ProducerSub-editorTelevision

Education: 1

University of London (Goldsmiths)

Education

Awards: 1

CRE Race In the Media Awards
1995
Winner: Radio (Factual/Documentary) The 'Speaking Out' discussion programme - 'Mixed Race Adoption'

Involvement: 1

Volunteering

Sustainable Kirriemuir

Founder member

Aug 2019 - Aug 2022

One of the founder members of Sustainable Kirriemuir, I took the lead rôle in the creation of the Kirriemuir Community Garden at St Mary's Field, earning a qualification as a licensed 'Gardeniser' through the Erasmus scheme. The field provided an important space for where people could meet and work safely during the Covid years, while providing fresh produce using regenerative techniques. Although no longer involved with the field, I am pleased to see it continues to flourish.

Languages: 4

English(Native or bilingual)
Scots(Native or bilingual)
Bahasa Malaysia(Limited working)
French(Limited working)

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EuroSky (@ruthwatson.eurosky.social)

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