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Joan McAlpine MSP (born 28 January 1962) is a Scottish journalist and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland. She has a column in the ''The Daily Record'' newspaper and is author of the blog ''Go Lassie Go'', which won a Scottish media blog award. == Background == McAlpine was born in Gourock, Renfrewshire, and attended St Ninian's Primary School in Gourock and St Columba's High School in Greenock. She has an MA (Hons) in Scottish History and Economic History from University of Glasgow.〔()〕 She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London. McAlpine was formerly married to the writer and musician Pat Kane, with whom she has two daughters.〔()〕 McAlpine began her career at the ''Greenock Telegraph'' in 1987. She went on to work for ''The Scotsman'' and ''The Sunday Times'', where she won the Scottish Journalist of the Year award in 1999. In 2000 she was appointed editor of ''The Sunday Times Scotland'' and the following year became deputy editor of ''The Herald''; the first woman to hold the Herald post, although not the first Scottish female newspaper editor. She also wrote a weekly column for ''The Scotsman''. Her blog, ''Go Lassie Go'', was voted Scotland's top media blog in 2010. In 1994 McAlpine co-authored a book on the history of the anti-poll tax campaign, ''A Time to Rage'', with the political activist Tommy Sheridan. In 1999 a programme Border Television written and presented by McAlpine, ''Crossing the Border'', received a commendation but no award at the New York Television Festival.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan McAlpine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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