New CommonSpace reporter Chris McQuade turned down a mainstream media job to come to CommonSpace. Here he explains why

HELLO,

Being part of the CommonSpace team has been the most exciting opportunity I have had since becoming a journalist just over one year ago.

Let me tell you why. Everyone knows that media is changing and, as we move further into the digital age, it is essential that journalism is prepared to reinvigorate how it is received to continue to challenge people in power throughout society.

Having just joined CommonSpace as our new parliamentary reporter, Sean Bell explains a bit more about himself

"Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page ... No, no, leave the rooster story alone - that's human interest." - Cary Grant, His Girl Friday (1940)

CommonSpace recently recruited a whole new team of journalists, including 27-year-old Caitlin Logan. Here, she explains why she wanted to work for CommonSpace

I FIRST became involved with CommonSpace in September last year when I took a week off work to do some work experience in the office. 

It wasn’t a holiday (although I may have felt jetlagged from the 7.30am start) but it was a journey, because it confirmed for me that journalism was what I really wanted to do with my life.

The group hopes to raise the final £1m needed to end a 16-year campaign to regenerate Govanhill Baths

GOVANHILL Community Trust has kicked off a fresh fundraising campaign in the hope of securing the final £1m required to save Govanhill Baths.

The leisure centre will “transform lives” if it is saved, according to the Trust. It has called upon donors to help it finally raise the £6m sum required to regenerate the facility - in the process gaining a share in the future of the building.

More localised EU referendum results hint that Scots favoured Leave for economic reasons, furthering the case that winning the economic argument will be vital to success in any future independence referendum according to a leading expert

NEW EU referendum voting statistics suggest winning the economic argument will be crucial to the outcome of any future independence referendum, according to political expert Professor John Curtice.

CommonSpace will be back in the new year

WELL, that's it from us for 2016, folks, and what a year it's been.

The CommonSpace team is now off for the Christmas holidays and a very well-earned break. We'll be back publishing as normal on 4 January.

I'd like to say a huge thank you to all of you for your incredible support this year. CommonSpace is now two years old and we are going from strength to strength.

Behind the scenes series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we chat to reporter David Jamieson and editor Angela Haggerty and Independence Live’s Kevin Gibney talk to columnist James McEnaney about the US election result.

White Paper Project launches consultation on independent Scottish currency at IdeaSpace

DR CRAIG DALZELL has told an audience of SNP delegates that the UK will take on Scotland’s debts in the event of Scottish Independence.

The lead researcher on the White Paper Project (WPP), speaking at its launch at the IdeaSpace fringe festival, said that as the successor state the UK would be obliged to take on the whole state’s debts, placing Scotland in a strong bargaining position.

A round-up of news and reaction from day one of the SNP 2016 conference and the IdeaSpace policy festival

AS THE CROWDS in the SECC in Glasgow begin to dwindle, we look back at what happened on day one of both the SNP 2016 conference, and the IdeaSpace policy festival organised alongside the conference at the Glasgow Science Centre.

Behind the scenes series with Independence Live continues

IN this week's instalment of our series offering readers an insight into the CommonSpace newsroom we chat to journalists Nathaneal Williams and David Jamieson, and editor Angela Haggerty and Kevin Gibney chat with columnist James McEnaney.