Ranald Leask
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Ranald Leask is the Public Relations and Media Manager for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
. He was appointed to this position in May 2009.
Prior to his current position, Leask spent ten years as a journalist with Scottish TV, working as a reporter, producer and presenter for STV News in Central Scotland.
Whilst studying for a MA in History at Aberdeen University, Leask worked for student radio and the campus newspaper. After graduating, he joined BBC Scotland
in Aberdeen as a radio reporter. He was then promoted to Assistant Producer and worked on a variety of programmes for BBC Scotland.
He joined STV in 1999, initially as a Production Journalist, before promotion to general news and sports reporter.
Leask covered a wide range of stories for STV, including the G8 summit at Gleneagles, the trial of the Lockerbie bomber and the aftermath of the London bombings. He also travelled to France to cover the Rugby World Cup in 2007 as well as numerous other sports stories, particularly football and boxing.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves, and places of commemoration, of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars...
. He was appointed to this position in May 2009.
Prior to his current position, Leask spent ten years as a journalist with Scottish TV, working as a reporter, producer and presenter for STV News in Central Scotland.
Whilst studying for a MA in History at Aberdeen University, Leask worked for student radio and the campus newspaper. After graduating, he joined BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
in Aberdeen as a radio reporter. He was then promoted to Assistant Producer and worked on a variety of programmes for BBC Scotland.
He joined STV in 1999, initially as a Production Journalist, before promotion to general news and sports reporter.
Leask covered a wide range of stories for STV, including the G8 summit at Gleneagles, the trial of the Lockerbie bomber and the aftermath of the London bombings. He also travelled to France to cover the Rugby World Cup in 2007 as well as numerous other sports stories, particularly football and boxing.
External links
- Ranald Leask at stv.tvStv.tvwww.stv.tv is the URL of the website of the Scottish television channel, STV. The website currently offers the usual sections of News, Sport, Entertainment, Weather, Competitions, Forums and STV programme information, with TV listings...