Northern Exposure was a supplementary video blog for the Northern Scotland edition of the regional news programme, STV News at Six

STV News at Six

STV News at Six is a Scottish regional news programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV Central in the Central region and STV North in the Northern region.The programmes were launched on Monday 23 March 2009, replacing Scotland Today in...

. The first blog was produced on Tuesday June 19, 2007 and as of June 30, 2009, 180 episodes had been made available

The blog was presented and produced by Norman Macleod

Norman Macleod (journalist)

Norman Macleod is a STV North news presenter and journalist for the Northern Scotland edition of STV News at Six.A Gaelic-speaker from the Outer Hebrides, Macleod worked part-time at two BBC local radio stations, one in Stornoway and the other in Aberdeen, whilst at college...

, Andrea Brymer, Kirstin Gove, Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey is a news presenter, journalist and producer for STV News at Six and STV Sports Centre in northern Scotland.Born in Inverurie, his mother and father were a speech therapist and a Northern College lecturer respectively. He attended Wormit Primary School & Madras College in St...

 and Louise Steel

Louise Steel

Louise Steel is a Scottish broadcaster.Originally from Aberdeen, Steel has worked on several television programmes including BBC Scotland's The Saturday Show and STV's Club Cupid...

 from STV North's studios in West Tullos, Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

 on a regular basis.

About the blog

Northern Exposure took a mostly light-hearted look behind-the-scenes at the North edition of STV News at Six (prior to that, North Tonight

North Tonight

North Tonight was a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North .-History:North Tonight began on 7 January 1980 with presenters John Duncanson and Selina Scott...

) and featured interviews with reporters & production staff.

Ask Kirstin

Between September 2007 and February 2009, the blogs presented by Kirstin Gove were given over to a popular feature series unofficially entitled Ask Kirstin, in which Gove answered questions about STV North (previously Grampian Television

Grampian Television

Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife...

) from the website's forums and features clips from the archives. The series also featured occasional interviews with North Tonight reporters, presenters and producers.

Its success led to the launch of White Not MacKay, a feature series on sister video blog The Real MacKay, presented and produced by STV Central newsreader Louise White.

Guest presenters

As part of the blog, special editions from STV North's studios in Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

 & Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

 were presented and produced by Tayside news presenter/reporter Susan Nicholson and Highlands correspondent Nicola McAlley

Nicola McAlley

Nicola McAlley is a Scottish journalist, currently the Highlands and Islands correspondent for STV News programmes in Northern Scotland.She grew up in the Hilton area of Inverness with her two sisters and first worked for Moray Firth Radio as a news and travel girl before moving to North Scottish...

. Other guest presenters/producers included reporter Claire Stewart

Claire Stewart

Claire Stewart is a Scottish broadcast journalist, covering politics for STV News in Central Scotland.Stewart joined STV North in 2004 as an Aberdeen-based reporter and bulletin presenter....

, stand-in anchor Laura Goodwin, weather forecaster Seán Batty and work experience student Rebecca Morris.

Although not an on-screen regular for STV News programming, production journalist Louise Steel

Louise Steel

Louise Steel is a Scottish broadcaster.Originally from Aberdeen, Steel has worked on several television programmes including BBC Scotland's The Saturday Show and STV's Club Cupid...

was a regular presenter and producer for Northern Exposure.