Alan Cochrane
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Alan Cochrane | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dundee, Scotland |
| Education | Grove Academy |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Daily Telegraph |
Alan Cochrane is a journalist, the Scottish editor of the British broadsheet newspaper The Daily Telegraph.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Cochrane was born in Dundee and educated at Grove Academy in the city's Broughty Ferry area. He entered journalism as a sub-editor and reporter for DC Thomson before joining the Daily Express in Glasgow. Between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s he was based in London, covering political issues across a number of newspapers.
In 1994 he was appointed as editor of the Scottish Daily Express before becoming deputy editor of Scotland on Sunday. In the late 1990s he became a columnist at The Daily Telegraph before taking up the role of its Scottish editor.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Alan Cochrane [profile]", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 25 May 2009
- ^ "University of Dundee : External Relations : Events : The Dow Lecture 2009". Dundee.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
References
[edit]- "Alan Cochrane [profile]", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 25 May 2009
- Ritchie, Murray (2000), Scotland reclaimed: The inside story of Scotland's first democratic parliamentary election, Edinburgh: The Saltire Society, ISBN 0-85411-077-1
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