Derek Lambie
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Derek Lambie is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express (2002 - 2012).[1][2]

He graduated with a BA Hons in Film & Media Studies from University of Stirling in 1997, then worked with a freelance press agency in Stirling before joining the Scottish Daily Express in 2000. The same year, he was given a Scottish Society of Editors Newcomer of the Year award. In 2002, he was appointed as Editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express in Glasgow.[1]

Lambie was editor at the time of the Sunday Express Dunblane controversy.[3] He left in 2012 as part of a cost-cutting programme.[2] He subsequently worked as freelance, writing the book A Mother's War, about trainee deaths at Deepcut army barracks.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Media Briefs: The Scottish Sunday Express appoints Derek Lambie". PR Week. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Pugh, Andrew (30 November 2012). "Scottish Sunday Express editor leaves as group cuts bite". Press Gazette. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Vote: Who is Stirling's worst alumnus?". The Tab. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Freelance Journalist Interview with Derek Lambie". ResponseSource. Retrieved 17 January 2020.


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