HeraldScotland has appointed its first TV reviewer to provide an online-only service to our readers.
From next week, Julie McDowall will be providing her own take on topical TV programmes issues twice a week, in TV: A Tube with a View.
Many of you will already know Julie, one of our most successful and popular writers. She's just completed a two-year Online Dating Blog, a remarkably candid and funny account of her hunt for love on the net.
Now that search has been successful, she's turning her attention to an activity we almost all do, for varying degrees of time each day - watch TV. She'll be typically frank in her opinions, while trying to make you think a bit…and hopefully chuckle.
Read her introductory column here now
Julie's appointment coincides with a revamp we've done to our Arts&Ents section, which now includes a dedicated area for general TV&Radio coverage.
If you've got any other suggestions for improvements we could make to HeraldScotland, email me here
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
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