Rhona McLeod
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Rhona McLeod is a Scottish
broadcaster.
McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of the Scotland team for seven years, but now works for BBC Scotland
.
As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and she enjoyed a wealth of travel experiences around the world competing for her country. It was always her aim to combine her interest in sport with a future career in journalism.
After a freshman year studying Broadcasting at the University of Wyoming
, she completed a BA degree in Media Studies at the University of Stirling
.
In her working career McLeod has contributed to the specialist sports magazines Scotland's Runner, Scottish, The Punter football magazine and Today's Runner. She has also freelanced in sport and general features for the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Scotland on Sunday. Then, in 1995, she joined BBC Scotland. Since then she has worked on a variety of programmes, generally in sport, presenting sport segments on Reporting Scotland
and as a reporter on The Adventure Show. She now also presents the Scottish segment of BBC One's recently-introduced news update at 8pm on weekdays.
In her time with BBC Scotland McLeod has also enjoyed working at the World Cup in France in 1998 and Commonwealth Games
in Kuala Lumpur, Manchester and, in 2006, Melbourne. She was also part of BBC Scotland's coverage of the decision to award the next Commonwealth Games to Glasgow in 2014.
Her hobbies include watching and playing sport. She is married with two daughters. In 2005 she presented, wrote and produced the documentary Gambian Goals - A Donkeymentary. She has won a Royal Television Society
Award for Sports News journalism.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
broadcaster.
McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of the Scotland team for seven years, but now works for 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...
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As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and she enjoyed a wealth of travel experiences around the world competing for her country. It was always her aim to combine her interest in sport with a future career in journalism.
After a freshman year studying Broadcasting at the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
, she completed a BA degree in Media Studies at the University of Stirling
University of Stirling
The University of Stirling is a campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967, on the Airthrey Estate in Stirling, Scotland.-History and campus development:...
.
In her working career McLeod has contributed to the specialist sports magazines Scotland's Runner, Scottish, The Punter football magazine and Today's Runner. She has also freelanced in sport and general features for the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Scotland on Sunday. Then, in 1995, she joined BBC Scotland. Since then she has worked on a variety of programmes, generally in sport, presenting sport segments on Reporting Scotland
Reporting Scotland
Reporting Scotland is BBC Scotland's national television news programme. The programme first aired on 1 April 1968, with three main presenters - the most famous being Mary Marquis...
and as a reporter on The Adventure Show. She now also presents the Scottish segment of BBC One's recently-introduced news update at 8pm on weekdays.
In her time with BBC Scotland McLeod has also enjoyed working at the World Cup in France in 1998 and Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
in Kuala Lumpur, Manchester and, in 2006, Melbourne. She was also part of BBC Scotland's coverage of the decision to award the next Commonwealth Games to Glasgow in 2014.
Her hobbies include watching and playing sport. She is married with two daughters. In 2005 she presented, wrote and produced the documentary Gambian Goals - A Donkeymentary. She has won a Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Award for Sports News journalism.