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Since September 2023, I have written news articles and feature-length stories that have collectively amassed over 3 million views.

I also produced, edited and directed successful digital videos, radio packages and TV features.

This work has featured on BBC Breakfast, BBC Newsbeat, Reporting Scotland and the World Service.

I am currently based with BBC Radio Scotland where I am working on my broadcast journalism and live reporting skills.

I am passionate about entertainment, culture, the arts, the environment, politics and urban design, and I love to discuss these topics in my journalism.

A personal highlight was when I was tasked to lead a team on election night as an OB producer.

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Jamie Russell

Glasgow-based Journalism Apprentice at BBC Scotland News

Featured Work

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'It’s not every day you meet another Vietnam orphan'

Andy Yearley and Barton Williams grew up at opposite ends of the world - but when they met, they discovered a shared past.

Both were "rescued" from Saigon orphanages after the US withdrew its troops from Vietnam in the early 1970s.

Thousands of children were rehomed in the United States but Barton grew up in south Australia and Andy ended up on the Scottish island of Lewis.

The pair met by chance in 2021 while Barton was starring in a surfing film set on the island.
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'We want Paisley to succeed': Can £100m save a Scottish high street?

Online shopping, out-of-town retail parks and a cost-of-living crisis have hit many high streets across Scotland hard.

Paisley in Renfrewshire was one of the worst affected, as big name brands like M&S, McDonalds and Argos left the town centre.

But the town is starting to feel the impact of huge investment in its high street, worth a total of about £100m.

Paisley Town Hall has been refurbished as an entertainment venue, and a new central library has opened on the former site of a derelict shop....
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My Latest Work

I am currently developing my broadcast journalism and reporting skills with BBC Radio Scotland, so have been publishing less online articles.

BBC News •

'It’s not every day you meet another Vietnam orphan'

Andy Yearley and Barton Williams grew up at opposite ends of the world - but when they met, they discovered a shared past.

Both were "rescued" from Saigon orphanages after the US withdrew its troops from Vietnam in the early 1970s.

Thousands of children were rehomed in the United States but Barton grew up in south Australia and Andy ended up on the Scottish island of Lewis.

The pair met by chance in 2021 while Barton was starring in a surfing film set on the island.