Andrew Kerr is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who works for

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. BBC Scotla ...

. Kerr is currently a political correspondent and presenter and presents and reports across a variety of different BBC Scotland radio and television programmes. On television, he has anchored both BBC Reporting Scotland and Scotland 2015. On BBC Radio Scotland, he has presented Good Morning Scotland and Newsdrive. He has also presented on the Scottish edition of

Sunday Politics ''Daily Politics'' is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas ac ...

, Newsnight Scotland and Politics Scotland.

Career

After graduating from

Aberdeen University The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in post-nominals; ) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Al ...

in 1999, with a degree in politics and international relations, he completed a postgraduate degree in journalism at

Strathclyde University The University of Strathclyde () is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first techn ...

and joined

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isle ...

(now STV North) in June 2000, primarily as a reporter for the flagship regional news programme

North Tonight ''North Tonight'' was a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North (formerly Grampian Television). History During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grampian's regional news service consisted of daily 1 ...

and supplementary Grampian Headlines/Grampian News bulletins. Kerr joined BBC Scotland in 2006, working as a producer, reporter and presenter for television and radio. He later joined

Sunday Politics Scotland ''Daily Politics'' is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas ac ...

, Scotland's main political analysis show and is the Scottish format of

Daily Politics ''Daily Politics'' is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas a ...

. Kerr anchored BBC Scotland's live television coverage of the resignation of Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, on 19 September 2014. While his main role is currently as a Political Correspondent for BBC Scotland, on television, he regularly anchors BBC Reporting Scotland and Scotland 2015. On radio, he can often be heard presenting Good Morning Scotland and Newsdrive. He has also presented on the Scottish edition of

, Newsnight Scotland and Politics Scotland.

References

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