Back to doing what I do best… making radio news programmes!
I’m freelancing at the CBC’s Toronto newsroom for the next month (and hopefully beyond!)
I am - as ever - open to story pitches, coffees, beers… Get in touch! finlay.matheson
@cbc
.ca
🚨Job news!
I’m over the moon to have accepted a permanent journalist gig at
@BBCRadioScot
.
I’ve hung up my freelance boots and I’ll be putting together Good Morning Scotland, Lunchtime Live and Drivetime as a full-time job.
Right then, who’s coming for a pint? 🍺
After a rough week in my personal life, yesterday was exactly what I needed. It’s funny how football can suspend your reality and make you forget your problems for 90 minutes. Mega stuff from
@HibernianFC
in the Edinburgh Derby 💪
We’ve lost a dear dear colleague and member of the Drivetime family. Today’s programme was dedicated to Nick and all the happy hours we spent together. I hope we did you justice.
We’ll miss you so much, my friend.
"Nick has been a wonderful colleague. He was a hugely talented journalist, presenter and author – and one of those rare people who light up the lives of everyone around them."
Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Scotland Gary Smith pays tribute to Nick Sheridan.
Okay, big news time… I’m off to live in Canada for a bit!
I’ve got a two-year working visa, with a plan to live and work in Toronto after a bit of travelling.
I’m sad to say farewell to Scotland in a couple of weeks’ time, but very excited for a new adventure 🇨🇦
Wow - what a day to produce my second ever radio programme… no pressure!
A massive shift from the Drivetime team to stack up two brilliant hours of reaction and analysis of the First Minister’s resignation. None of us were expecting that when we came in this morning…
Today we said bye to my partner’s grandad, who was a brilliant man.
He went to his first Hibs game in 1934 and was there for it all. From the first ever Scottish game with floodlights, to watching the Famous 5, Turnbull’s Tornadoes, & a Scottish Cup win.
A
@HibernianFC
legend.
Comunicado oficial:
Buzzing like a faulty fridge to be going full-time with the BBC Scotland radio news team in the new year 🕺
You’ll be hearing a lot more stories I’ve worked on across
#bbcGMS
and Drivetime on
@BBCRadioScot
.
I drank bevvy in a safe standing section and watched sport in a football stadium today. And society didn’t crumble around our ears...? It’ll never catch on.
One last burl around the BBC Radio Scotland airwaves for me!
Producing for Drivetime has been the best gig I’ve ever had - it’s taught me so much about Scotland & the world, and I’ve grown so much as a person. It’s the best team in the biz. Thank you
@Fionasstalker
I produced an OB!
Great to have so much interest in the A9 story across
@BBCRadioScot
programming, from GMS, Mornings, Lunchtime Live, & culminating in a Drivetime special with
@BBCJohnBeattie
from Inverness.
Thanks to the producers, reporters & presenters who made it happen
Feeling like a proud older brother as our Ollie heads off for pastures new. I was there for his first freelance shift on
#bbcqt
and waved him off to become a fully-fledged reporter with STV today.
The newsroom isn’t going to be the same without you
@ImOliverWright
! ❤️
The Good Ship Drivetime bids the mighty
@BBCJohnBeattie
a fond farewell this evening.
It’s been an honour to call myself J.B’s producer, and I wish him all the best with the next adventure!
Some light in all this darkness: last weekend a tiny person arrived and made our family’s lives so much bigger.
I became “Uncle Finlay” to Elsie Matheson 😍
Today I made my BBC News Channel debut in the role of “radio producer wandering around in the background”.
Apologies to
@zsk
for any distractions on your two-way!
I’m not sure my ears will stop ringing between now and watching
@thetwilightsad
support The Cure in August. A total honour to be in that room tonight for
@bbcquaysessions
.
WE DID IT! Marathon finishers 👊
Easily the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but honoured to have raised over £1600 for the
@ICDCRoyalFree
&
@Refuweegee
.
Still time to donate here:
I did my first full five-day week of freelance journalism in ages this week! I know it’s the norm for anyone with a job, but it’s quite an achievement for me.
So many times in the year before summer I felt like chucking it in, so the message to freelancers is: keep at it!
“We wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time.”
A near-religious experience watching Primal Scream do Screamadelica at Queen’s Park last night. Absolutely mega.
Big thanks to
@simonemarie4
for sorting us out and having us back for a beer after - great to meet you! 🍻
It’s always a pleasure to work on the big stories, and they don’t get much bigger than
#COP26
!
Brilliant to have a front row seat to the largest event in the world, and an honour to work on it for
@BBCScotland
#BBCDN
#BBCGMS
An exciting morning in Radioland… our first programme from a brand new
@BBCRadioScot
studio!
Exciting to think about the hours of news that’ll be broadcast from here.
Bon voyage, Glasgow PQ2!
#bbcGMS
TRNSMT fans in 2017: put more women on the bill please.
TRNSMT fans in 2018: put more women on the bill please.
TRNSMT fans in 2019: put more women on the bill please.
TRNSMT lineup in 2020:
Two days, almost 20 hours of live broadcasting, 40 guests “on the sofa” (or at least on a big screen next to the sofa), 81 constituency data profiles built... The 2021 Scottish election coverage is in the bag!
An absolute privilege to work on my second election.
I’m off on a bit of an adventure in a couple of months (more on that later).
But it means my job at BBC Radio Scotland is up for grabs!
Producing radio news programmes is the best gig I’ve ever had.
DMs open if you have any questions:
A touch of class from the people
@TRNSMTfest
yesterday. They could’ve sold the screen time for advertising money, but instead honoured
@FRabbits
’ Scott Hutchison, just before Arctic Monkeys’ set.
506 days.
There’s been loads of really lovely moments as we’ve started moving out of the pandemic, but getting back to Easter Road was massive tonight. Three goals. Three red cards. Loads of pantomime booing. Loads of exuberant celebrating.
506 days. It’s so good to be back.
Not my usual kind of Twitter post, but having had a, err... “chequered” history with running (I hated it), I’m feeling mighty proud of myself for completing my first ever 5K /
@parkrunUK
this morning!
Some rearranged books means it’s time for a “shelfie”.
On display at the moment is a signed first edition from Ali, a fresh paperback of Shuggie to replace the battered hardback passed around everyone I know, & the lovely cover art on Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times.
Just caught this on iPlayer and it's a must-watch for music fans. It's bursting with love and shows what a difference great support makes to people in care:
#SoulBoy
@RichardSearling
What a day to win a World Cup playoff semi-final! 🏴🇺🇦
Scotland are two wins away from Qatar. Build-up to tonight’s game against Ukraine across
#bbcgms
, Lunchtime Live and Drivetime on
@BBCRadioScot
all day.
Content warning: harassment and sexual assault.
Exclusive - Five women have told
@bbcradioscot
’s Drivetime programme of cases of sexual assault in the Scottish traditional music scene.
They say more must be done to tackle a “culture” of sexual harassment.
@BBCJohnBeattie
My partner’s sister, Dulcie, has been missing since last night in the Keighley, West Yorkshire area. She was last seen in black jeans, a hoodie, a pink cap and pink sliders. Call 101 and quote ref number 282645 if you have any info. All RTs greatly appreciated.
I’m struggling to find the words for how powerful
@thetwilightsad
were tonight. The old anthems, the new stuff, the incredible, emotional
@FRabbits
tribute. Not sure I’ve felt so much energy in a room for a band before. A huge 2019 awaits these boys.
Hey,
@ICTFC
. We like the new mascot, but thought you should know the original and best Lionel Nessi and his Tartan Army have been supporting Scotland home and away for the past 4 years.
#LNTA
since 2014.
Two hours of election results coverage in the bag, with the best in the biz behind the mic.
A breeze when you’ve got
@Fionasstalker
behind the glass and
@DSiobhann
steering the ship 👊
@BBCRadioScot
Just been to see the powerful
#NaePasaran
@EdenCourt
. An incredible story of the East Kilbride factory workers who stood in defiance against the Chilean dictatorship and in solidarity with the country’s workers. Go and see it, if you can ✊
This weekend I found out it IS possible to go to two weddings in two countries on back-to-back days.
You just have to stay up for 21 hours. Sheffield and Dublin - what a buzz!
Hiya from the Rockies.
Bear spray thankfully not yet needed. Ice spikes very much are. Incredible hiking up Ha Ling Peak to kick off two weeks’ travel from Calgary to Vancouver.
Truly an incredible day on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Spotting a pod of orcas on a speed boat, a six mile run along the Pacific Trail, then front-row seats at the Pluvio restaurant open kitchen.
A wee bump up the credits for me on last night’s shift!
It was a pleasure to social media produce to half a million followers on the country’s biggest political programme.
Big thanks to
@MartyFletcher97
&
@ImOliverWright
for keeping me calm!
#bbcqt
I’ve been staying off social media for a while, but I couldn’t not talk about my pride for
@thetwilightsad
this week. Number 1 in the Scottish, indie, & vinyl charts. It Won’t Be Like This All The Time is intoxicating.
Like most Invernesians my age, I feel like I grew up in the Ironworks. From seeing my first ever gig there to watching countless heroes of mine, having bands coming through the city was so formative.
#bbcgms
will hear from
@BlazinBruce
& Lunchtime Live hears from
@ElephantSession