Hector MacKenzie
@hectormackenzie.bsky.social
Scottish journalist majoring in Ross-shire within the Highland News & Media group. Story-telling since...forever!
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March 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📢 It's my birthday next week and I've got a gift of an offer for local news junkies 🗞️
And I have shamelessly used the just published @rossshirejournal.bsky.social newsletter to share it.
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"Critical step towards creating the UK’s first custom-built floating offshore wind integration port" - in Easter Ross.
March 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Critical step towards creating the UK’s first custom-built floating offshore wind integration port" - in Easter Ross.
Washington, D.C. is in the world spotlight today for Trump-related reasons. So is USA's capital worth a holiday? Have you been? What do you think? Here's what I reckoned. 👇
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January 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Washington, D.C. is in the world spotlight today for Trump-related reasons. So is USA's capital worth a holiday? Have you been? What do you think? Here's what I reckoned. 👇
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📷 12 pictures and some bonus front pages from the last year (+ a banger of an offer!)
Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite?
How many of these pictures and stories from the past 12 months do you remember - and who do you recognise?
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January 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📷 12 pictures and some bonus front pages from the last year (+ a banger of an offer!)
Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Review of 2924 through front pages of @rossshirejournal.bsky.social
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January 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Review of 2924 through front pages of @rossshirejournal.bsky.social
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Finally caught Die Hard (35-odd years after everyone else!). Prompted me to do a straw poll on other folk's fave Christmas movies. What's yours?
Die Hard finally makes my Top 10 Christmas classic movie list - what’s on yours?
Is Die Hard really a Christmas movie? First-time viewer Hector MacKenzie (finally) went along to find out.
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December 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Finally caught Die Hard (35-odd years after everyone else!). Prompted me to do a straw poll on other folk's fave Christmas movies. What's yours?
We're chuffed and proud to cover a wonderful news patch with so many interesting people and places.
Beaming with pride to see @rossshirejournal.bsky.social shortlisted as Newspaper of the Year at the Highland Press Awards.
Our small team, led by @hectormackenzie.bsky.social, sees it as a privilege to cover this beautiful, geographically sprawling and diverse patch. Thank you for your support!
Our small team, led by @hectormackenzie.bsky.social, sees it as a privilege to cover this beautiful, geographically sprawling and diverse patch. Thank you for your support!
December 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
We're chuffed and proud to cover a wonderful news patch with so many interesting people and places.
Have you got your 'boarding pass' for Treasure Island? Dingwall Players are ready to set sail with Christmas panto dates for new venue revealed
Dingwall panto Treasure Island hits new venue - have you got your boarding pass?
The Hispaniola will be docking in Dingwall from December 12 – 14. Festive laughs aplenty promised by the cast!
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November 25, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Have you got your 'boarding pass' for Treasure Island? Dingwall Players are ready to set sail with Christmas panto dates for new venue revealed
Journalism opportunity:
Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇
Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇
How I became an award-winning teenage journalist — and you can too
Our reporter, Iona MacDonald (18) shares how she got a head start in journalism — and how you can too.
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November 25, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Journalism opportunity:
Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇
Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇
65 years married and just look at them! One of my favourite stories of the past week.
Secret of success for 65th anniversary Dingwall couple
They met at a dance in Dingwall and haven’t put a foot wrong since.
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November 24, 2024 at 10:17 PM
65 years married and just look at them! One of my favourite stories of the past week.
I ♥️ this sort of story and generally have a soft spot for cool murals. You?
Unique mural tells amazing backstory of Ross-shire business
A remarkable coincidence that echoes down the generations for an Easter Ross chef has been immortalised in the restaurant he created from scratch.
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November 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I ♥️ this sort of story and generally have a soft spot for cool murals. You?
Hands up who loves a Robin, this shot is a particular favourite of mine recently taken here in mid Wales.
#birds #photography #UKwildlife #Robin
#birds #photography #UKwildlife #Robin
November 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I used two of my own photos and a sketchy yet cute video for this ode to the humble robin.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I used two of my own photos and a sketchy yet cute video for this ode to the humble robin.
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/robins-...
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/robins-...
Favourite pages from Ross-shire Journal, November 22, 2024.
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Favourite pages from Ross-shire Journal, November 22, 2024.
This is on today's front page.
November 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This is on today's front page.