Skyetime

SKYETIME - KEITH MACKENZIE - 7TH AUGUST 2020

August 07, 2020 Simon Cousins Season 1 Episode 18
Skyetime
SKYETIME - KEITH MACKENZIE - 7TH AUGUST 2020
Show Notes

In the latest edition of the Skyetime Podcast, Simon Cousins talks to the newly appointed editor of the West Highland Free Press, Keith MacKenzie. The employee-owned newspaper has just re-launched its print version after three months of only publishing online after the Coronavirus lockdown hit sales and advertising.
In the interview, Keith talks about the challenges posed by Coronavirus and how the Free Press has covered one of the biggest stories on Skye in recent years with the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the Home Farm care home in Portree.
Keith also talks about his plans and aspirations for the newspaper as he publishes his first edition with a reassertion of the three key campaigning pillars of the West Highland Free Press - An Air, An Canan, 'S Na Daoine - the land, the language and the people.