Author: Stuart Mackay

Stuart Mackay spent a decade in regional journalism before going freelance. He started at a Scottish daily, moved to a digital-first newsroom covering UK general news, and spent three years as a senior reporter filing on health, education, and public policy. He went independent when the newsroom headcount halved and the output expectations doubled. He writes about public services, government policy, consumer rights, and the stories that sit between national headlines and local notices. He files clean copy on deadline and considers that an undervalued skill. Stuart lives in Glasgow. He reads freedom of information responses for entertainment and finds them consistently more revealing than press releases.