The Team

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The Deadline editorial team is one of the largest and most respected in the UK, spending  every working day interviewing, researching, investigating, videoing, photographing and writing for the print, broadcast and online media community.

Our cross-platform content is used by some of the biggest media organisations on the planet, along with niche and specialist publishers.

And a wide range of PR professionals turn to our multi-talented team to supply their editorial needs.

Call us on 0131 561 2230 or contact the team directly using the details below:

OLIVER FARRIMOND

Video and Multi-Media Journalist

Video and Multimedia Journalist

e: oliver@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2231

m: +44 (0) 796 836 7539

Originally from Guernsey, Oliver brings the best in video from across Edinburgh and the East of Scotland to the rest of the world. As well as covering breaking news, the Scottish Parliament and the busiest celeb circuit in Scotland including the Edinburgh International Television festival, he works with some of the best names in PR for special commissions – establishing us as the leading multi-media agency in Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians.

RORY REYNOLDS

Video & Multi-Media Journalist

Video and Multimedia Journalist

e: rory@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2236

m: +44 (0) 790 100 6872

Rory studied MSc Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University having previously completed an MA (Honours) in Politics at University of Edinburgh, specialising in International Security, Terrorism and Middle Eastern Politics. He was previously Editor of University of Edinburgh’s ‘Student’ Newspaper, winning the Herald’s Scottish Student Newspaper of the Year Awards in 2007; launch editor of the university’s Retrospect history journal and the President of Society. He also spent several months working with Scotland’s best selling newspaper, The Scottish Sun, before joining Deadline as a multi-media news and video journalist.

PAUL THORNTON

Court Reporter

Senior Court Reporter

e: paul@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2234

m: +44 (0) 797 742 0280

Paul heads up Deadline’s operations covering Edinburgh and Livingston sheriff courts, along with the big cases dealt with by the High Court circuit on our patch. As our Senior Court Reporter he brings the worst of what Lothian’s criminals do to the nation, as well as checking up on their victims to see how it has impacted on their lives, and puts the legal profession under close scrutiny in all it does.

MICHAEL MacLEOD

Court Reporter

Court Reporter

e: michael@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2234

m: +44 (0) 797 021 6685

Born and bred in London, journalist Michael spent three years covering hard news for local newspapers before joining the Deadline team first as a news reporter, now the dedicated correspondent for Edinburgh Sheriff Court, one of the busiest in Europe.

CARA SULIEMAN

News & Features Reporter

News & Features Reporter

e: cara@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2232

m: +44 (0) 777 923 4981

A dedicated news and features reporter, Cara is based in the heart of Scotland’s capital city having spent much of her career living in Asia travelling across Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. After first graduating from the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies and completing an under-grad course in English, she got into the media working for a features agency in England before being snapped up in Edinburgh where she now writes for the best known newspapers and magazines in Britain every day.

KATIELEE ARROWSMITH

Katie Lee Arrowsmith web

Senior Photographer

e: katielee@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2237

m: +44 (0) 781 249 0072

Katielee Arrowsmith is Senior Photographer with Deadline. She graduated from the NCTJ Photography course in Sheffield in 2000 having worked on local newspapers in Cheshire. She spent two years with News Team International in Birmingham where her successes included bagging the first images of Edgar Griffin – the father of BNP leader Nick Griffin – and outing Kylie Minogue with her then secret lover James Gooding. Later she became senior photographer with South West News in Bristol where she spent two years working on news and features, before moving to Los Angeles to join Splash News and Pictures as part of the paparazzi snapping everyone from Kevin Costner to Paris Hilton. Before moving to Deadline she worked the Fleet Street circuit as Chief Photographer with a London based agency covering news, features and showbiz for all the major titles.

LORENZO DALBERTO

Photographer

Photographer

e: lorenzo@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2231

m: +44 (0) 798 935 98456

Born in Italy, Lorenzo moved to London in his early 20’s and from there went on travelling through Europe before settling in Edinburgh, where he has lived and studied photography for the past few years. His images have graced the front pages of Scotland’s biggest selling newspapers, and have been used for many of the UK’s best known PR campaigns.

SHAUN MILNE FRSA

Consulting Managing Editor

Consulting Managing Editor

e: shaun@deadlinescotland.co.uk

t: +44 (0) 131 561 2230

The entire editorial team works under the close supervision of seasoned campaigner Shaun Milne, former Associate News Editor of the Scottish Daily Record and one time Deputy Editor of the Scottish Daily Mirror. Milne, who previously worked as a reporter across various titles in London, Scotland and abroad, is a keen advocate of digital and social media platforms having run his own award winning publishing company,  is well known as a media commentator in Press and broadcasting circles and was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 2008.

VACANCIES & WORK EXPERIENCE

To apply for a job or work experience with Deadline Press & Picture Agency please send an email complete with up-to-date CV and current salary to shaun@deadlinescotland.co.uk

Please note candidates with a full clean driving licence, shorthand certificate and a relevant journalism qualification are preferred.