Derek Lambie

Derek Lambie is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express (2002 - 2012).[1][2]

Derek Lambie
OccupationJournalist, writer 

He graduated with a BA Hons in Film & Media Studies from University of Stirling in 1997, then worked with a freelance press agency in Stirling before joining the Scottish Daily Express in 2000. The same year, he was given a Scottish Society of Editors Newcomer of the Year award. In 2002, he was appointed as Editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express in Glasgow.[1]

Lambie was editor at the time of the Sunday Express Dunblane controversy.[3] He left in 2012 as part of a cost-cutting programme.[2] He subsequently worked as freelance, writing the book A Mother's War, about trainee deaths at Deepcut army barracks.[4]

References
  1. "Media Briefs: The Scottish Sunday Express appoints Derek Lambie". PR Week. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. Pugh, Andrew (30 November 2012). "Scottish Sunday Express editor leaves as group cuts bite". Press Gazette. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. "Vote: Who is Stirling's worst alumnus?". The Tab. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. "Freelance Journalist Interview with Derek Lambie". ResponseSource. Retrieved 17 January 2020.


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