Alan Cochrane | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dundee, Scotland |
| Education | Grove Academy |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Daily Telegraph |
Alan Cochrane is the Scottish editor of the British broadsheet newspaper The Daily Telegraph . [1]
Cochrane was born in Dundee and educated at the city's Grove Academy. He joined DC Thomson as a sub-editor and reporter before moving to the Scottish Daily Express . Between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s he was based in London, covering political issues for several newspapers.
In 1994 he became editor of the Scottish Daily Express, then deputy editor of Scotland on Sunday . In the late 1990s he became a columnist at The Daily Telegraph before becoming its Scottish editor. [2]