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David Robertson (born 1965 in Dundee) is a Scottish journalist and former newsreader for Reporting Scotland from 2000-2008. == Career == Former presenter of BBC Scotland's news programme ''Reporting Scotland'', Robertson's career began at Dundee radio station Radio Tay. He joined the BBC in the late 1980s, working as a BBC network reporter and correspondent, covering the Bosnian War from Sarajevo and reporting from the USA, Germany and Spain. He also presented in the early days of BBC News 24 at breakfast time. 2000-2008, Robertson worked as a presenter on ''Reporting Scotland'' as a presenter, joining established presenters Jackie Bird and Sally Magnusson. During this period he also had a brief news quiz show on BBC Radio Scotland. On Friday 19 September 2008, he announced that he had been with the BBC for twenty years, presenting ''Reporting Scotland'' for eight, was honoured to have done so, and that this was his last appearance.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7626441.stm〕 It emerged that the BBC had ended his employment.〔http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2008/09/24/bbc-newsreader-david-robertson-in-pay-off-row-after-reporting-scotland-exit-86908-20750188/〕 Press reports claimed he sought a compensatory pay-off from BBC Scotland on the grounds that he was sacked by the corporation, rather than resigning.〔http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/62715/Sacked-newsreader-in-fight-for-100-000〕 Robertson was Head of Public Affairs for the Wise Group, a social enterprise aiming to provide work focused solutions to social exclusion through employment, regeneration and sustainable development. He is currently Senior Manager, Corporate Communications EMEA for Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE), a global biotechnology tools company "PR Week 17th September 2010" 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「David Robertson (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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