THE Edinburgh International Television Festival – brought to you by YouTube and BT – has announced that Scottish Conservative MSP, Ruth Davidson, is to interview the Channel 4 News presenter, in the post-MacTaggart Lecture interview session.
In the Post-MacTaggart Interview, the Scottish Conservative MSP for Edinburgh Central and leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, will pose questions and debate the central themes raised in Jon Snow’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
Davidson was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011, where she represented Glasgow. Before entering politics, Ruth worked in journalism for ten years, first in newspapers, before moving to radio and television.
The majority of her time was spent at the BBC working in news and current affairs as a presenter, reporter and documentary maker.
In May last year, Davidson was re-elected to Holyrood as the constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central and now leads the Opposition party in the Scottish Parliament. In that election, the Scottish Conservatives more than doubled their seats from 15 to 31, overtaking Scottish Labour and returning their best result since the advent of devolution.
Like Jon, Ruth was an early adopter of Twitter and, in tandem with her eye for a good photo opportunity, has built up a large following on the site. She has also used the platform to draw attention to homophobic abuse she receives.
Festival director, Lisa Campbell, said: “We are thrilled that Ruth is going to be leading the questions, delving deeper behind the themes that Jon will raise in the MacTaggart. Her tenacity, knowledge, breadth of experience within television, wider politics and social media makes her the perfect person to interview Jon.”
For more information, log on to thetvfestival.com
Follow us on Twitter on @EdinburghTVFest or on Instagram EdinburghTVFest
For more press information please contact Plank PR on 0208 995 3936.
lou@plankpr.com or victoria@plankpr.com
MEDIA RELEASE issued by Plank PR. You too can share your stories (aka press or media releases), on this site. Email here for more information.
Check out twitter.com/scotsbulletin for your very own media releases feed…
Check out too twitter.com/allMediaNews, twitter.com/allFestivalsPR and twitter.com/allEdinburghPR.
Stay connected with our various twitter feeds: Charities, Drink, Education, Energy, Fashion, Film, Food, Gardens, Legal, Motors, Music, Outdoors, Property, Science and Sports. And not forgetting Finance, Theatre, Travel, Festivals, Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling.
Plank PR contact details…
Contact: Victoria Hartley-Wilson
Email: victoria@plankpr.com
