BBC Scotland taps STV veteran Howard Simpson as news editor
BBC Scotland has secured STV’s editor of news and current affairs Howard Simpson as its news editor.
Howard Simpson joins BBC Scotland
Howard won a Bafta in 2014 for his coverage of the Scottish independence referendum, in addition to, as managing editor of the STV nightly news, helped secure two RTS Scotland awards for best news programme.
BBC Scotland will keen to leverage his experience, with him serving at STV, where he launched Scotland Tonight, since 2001.
In a statement distributed to staff, Gary Smith, head of news and current Affairs at BBC Scotland said: “Howard will bring to the News Editor job great creativity and innovation, as well as a passion for news.
“He has first rate skills of communication and collaboration. I’m very pleased that he’ll be bringing those talents to the news operation and the management team at BBC Scotland News.”
A spokesperson for STV told The Drum: “We wish Howard every success in his new role after almost 20 years with STV.”