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Gordon Chree
Gordon Chree
Born	10 December 1978
	Career
Show	STV News (East/West)
Station	STV
Time slot	Varies
Style	Reporter
Country	Scotland
Previous show(s)	Scotland Today (2007-2009);; Talk 107 (2006-2007)

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Gordon Chree (born 1978) is a Scottish reporter for STV News and occasional relief anchor on the East edition of STV News at Six, and the online video blog Not The Real MacKay.^[1] Chree was one of the live reporters at the Glasgow Airport attack for STV, ITV News, and CNN. ^[2]^[3] Prior to STV,^[4] Chree worked for several commercial radio stations, including the now-defunct Edinburgh station Talk 107.^[5]

Gordon is a regular at parkrun. In 2023-24 he became the first person to complete all Scottish parkruns in sequence (69 different parkruns in a row).^[6] His sequence of consecutive different parkruns sits at 89 (as of August 10th 2024).

References

^ 'The Real MacKay': A Gordon of All Trades Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, stv.tv, 9 March 2009
^ 'Not the Real MacKay': Glasgow terror attacks Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, 2 July 2007
^ CNN Newsroom transcript, CNN.com, 30 June 2007
^ Talk Station Losing Trio of Presenters Archived 13 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Allmediascotland, 28 March 2007
^ ‘Some people will never leave the BBC — we’ll have everyone else’ Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Press Gazette, 10 February 2006
^ [https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/remarkable-69-consecutive-parkruns-on-the-horizon-345242/

External links

Gordon Chree on Twitter

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[1] 'The Real MacKay': A Gordon of All Trades Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, stv.tv, 9 March 2009

[2] 'Not the Real MacKay': Glasgow terror attacks Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, 2 July 2007

[3] CNN Newsroom transcript, CNN.com, 30 June 2007

[4] Talk Station Losing Trio of Presenters Archived 13 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Allmediascotland, 28 March 2007

[5] ‘Some people will never leave the BBC — we’ll have everyone else’ Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Press Gazette, 10 February 2006

[6] [https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/remarkable-69-consecutive-parkruns-on-the-horizon-345242/

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-'''Gordon Chree''' (born 1978) is a Scottish broadcast journalist, who is the main anchor for the East Central Scotland edition of ''[[STV News at Six|STV News]]''.
+'''Gordon Chree''' (born 1978) is a Scottish reporter for ''[[STV News]]''  and occasional relief anchor on the East edition of ''STV News at Six'', and the online video blog ''[[The Real MacKay|Not The Real MacKay]]''.<ref>[http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-the-real-mackay-090309/ 'The Real MacKay': A Gordon of All Trades] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728054147/http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-the-real-mackay-090309/ |date=2011-07-28 }}, stv.tv, 9 March 2009</ref>
+Chree was one of the live reporters at the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack|Glasgow Airport attack]] for STV, [[ITV News]], and CNN. <ref>[http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-blogs-020707blog_squeeze/ 'Not the Real MacKay': Glasgow terror attacks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010010810/http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-blogs-020707blog_squeeze/ |date=2008-10-10 }}, 2 July 2007</ref><ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/30/cnr.01.html CNN Newsroom transcript], CNN.com, 30 June 2007</ref>
+Prior to STV,<ref>[http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1079/28032007/talk_station_losing_trio_of_presenters Talk Station Losing Trio of Presenters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113132536/http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1079/28032007/talk_station_losing_trio_of_presenters |date=13 November 2008 }}, Allmediascotland, 28 March 2007</ref> Chree worked for several commercial radio stations, including the now-defunct Edinburgh station [[Talk 107]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=33210&sectioncode=1 ‘Some people will never leave the BBC — we’ll have everyone else’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616183220/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=33210&sectioncode=1 |date=16 June 2011 }}, Press Gazette, 10 February 2006</ref>
+Gordon is a regular at parkrun. In 2023-24 he became the first person to complete all Scottish parkruns in sequence (69 different parkruns in a row).<ref>[https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/remarkable-69-consecutive-parkruns-on-the-horizon-345242/ </ref> His sequence of consecutive different parkruns sits at 89 (as of August 10th 2024).
-Alongside presenting duties, Chree has also been a reporter, bulletin presenter and producer for ''Scotland Today'' & ''STV News'' and has presented the online video blog ''[[The Real MacKay|Not The Real MacKay]]''.<ref>[http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-the-real-mackay-090309/ 'The Real MacKay': A Gordon of All Trades], stv.tv, 9 March 2009</ref>
-Chree was one of the first journalists on the scene of the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack|Glasgow International Airport attack]], providing live reports for both STV and [[ITV News]] that night, as well as CNN. <ref>[http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-blogs-020707blog_squeeze/ 'Not the Real MacKay': Glasgow terror attacks], 2 July 2007</ref><ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/30/cnr.01.html CNN Newsroom transcript], CNN.com, 30 June 2007</ref>
-Prior to his move to television,<ref>[http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1079/28032007/talk_station_losing_trio_of_presenters Talk Station Losing Trio of Presenters], Allmediascotland, 28 March 2007</ref> Chree worked for several commercial radio stations, including the now-defunct Edinburgh station [[Talk 107]].<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=33210&sectioncode=1 ‘Some people will never leave the BBC — we’ll have everyone else’], Press Gazette, 10 February 2006</ref>
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