Lucy J Whyte (born 2 October 1984) is a Scottish broadcast journalist, currently working for BBC Reporting Scotland as Education Correspondent.

Career

Whyte graduated in 2008 with a 2:1 Honours Degree in English literature from the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

, followed by a diploma in broadcast journalism from the

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ...

in 2008. Shortly afterwards, she joined

Bauer Radio Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group. History In early 2008, German magazine publisher Bauer bought the radio division of British company Emap, which had been established as East Midland Allied Press in ...

station

Radio Clyde Radio Clyde is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. Radio Clyde is owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK, Bauer, based at studios in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire and forms part of Baue ...

, working as a journalist there for 4 years. In March 2012, she became a production and broadcast journalist for

STV News ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow ...

, based in Glasgow, reporting and sometimes presenting bulletins on the main

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channel, as well as City channels

STV Glasgow STV Glasgow was a British local television station serving Glasgow and surrounding areas. The station was owned and operated by STV Group plc in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University. The channel was closed on Sunday 23 April 2017 ...

and

STV Edinburgh STV Edinburgh was a British local television channel based in Edinburgh which launched on 12 January 2015. It was owned and operated by STV Group plc in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University. The channel was closed on Sunday 23 April 2 ...

. She occasionally appeared as anchor on the West edition of the ''STV News at Six''.Lucy Whyte
''LinkedIn''. From May 2016, covered maternity leave, as acting main anchor of the East edition of the ''STV News at Six'' based in Edinburgh. This ended on 21 April 2017 before she finally left STV altogether a week later to join

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Irelan ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whyte, Lucy 1984 births Living people STV News newsreaders and journalists Scottish women television presenters Scottish women journalists Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland