Paul Hutcheon

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Paul Hutcheon is a Scottish political journalist who served as political editor at the Daily Record from 2019 to 2026. [1] [2] Prior to this, he was the Investigations Editor for the Sunday Herald since 2008. [3] In 2006, while serving as political editor for the Sunday Herald, he won both Journalist of the Year and Political Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. [4] He has won Political Journalist of the Year on six occasions.

In October 2026, after having not written any articles for over a month, Glasgow news outlet The Bell reported that Hutcheon had quit the Daily Record due to an alleged affair with Joani Reid, the Labour MP for East Kilbride. [5]

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  1. ↑ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/daily-record-poaches-herald-on-sundays-paul-hutcheon-for-political-editor-role/
  2. ↑ "Paul Hutcheon". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Paul Hutcheon". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hutcheon leads winners at Scottish Press Awards". 24 April 2006. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: The Bell has learned political editor of the Daily Record, Paul Hutcheon, has quit, after an alleged affair with Labour MP for East Kilbride, Joani Reid. As reported by Private Eye, Hutcheon oversaw favourable exclusives of Reid at his paper in past few months". The Bell. 28 October 2026. Retrieved 28 October 2026.