Northern Exposure (video blog)

Northern Exposure
Also known as	'Ask Kirstin
Genre	Regional News
Format	Video blog
Presented by	Norman Macleod, Andrea Brymer, Kirstin Gove, Chris Harvey, Louise Steel
Country of origin	Scotland, UK
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	180 (List of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	Aberdeen, Scotland
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	Vairies
Production company(s)	STV News (STV North)
Broadcast
Original channel	stv.tv (STV)
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original run	June 19, 2007 (2007-06-19) – June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
Chronology
Related shows	STV News at Six, North Tonight, The Real MacKay, Weather Blether
External links
Official website

Northern Exposure was a supplementary video blog for the Northern Scotland edition of the regional news programme, STV News at Six. The first blog was produced on Tuesday June 19, 2007 and as of June 30, 2009, 180 episodes had been made available

The blog was presented and produced by Norman Macleod, Andrea Brymer, Kirstin Gove, Chris Harvey and Louise Steel from STV North's studios in West Tullos, Aberdeen on a regular basis.

About the blog

Northern Exposure took a mostly light-hearted look behind-the-scenes at the North edition of STV News at Six (prior to that, North Tonight) and featured interviews with reporters & production staff.

Ask Kirstin

Between September 2007 and February 2009, the blogs presented by Kirstin Gove were given over to a popular feature series unofficially entitled Ask Kirstin, in which Gove answered questions about STV North (previously Grampian Television) from the website's forums and features clips from the archives. The series also featured occasional interviews with North Tonight reporters, presenters and producers.

Its success led to the launch of White Not MacKay, a feature series on sister video blog The Real MacKay, presented and produced by STV Central newsreader Louise White.

Guest presenters

As part of the blog, special editions from STV North's studios in Dundee & Inverness were presented and produced by Tayside news presenter/reporter Susan Nicholson and Highlands correspondent Nicola McAlley. Other guest presenters/producers included reporter Claire Stewart, stand-in anchor Laura Goodwin, weather forecaster Seán Batty and work experience student Rebecca Morris.

Although not an on-screen regular for STV News programming, production journalist Louise Steel was a regular presenter and producer for Northern Exposure.

External links

• Northern Exposure at stv.tv