Chair of NUJ in Scotland and former NUJ president, James Doherty is media manager at Glasgow Life where he leads on proactive and reactive media relations for a diverse portfolio of world-class museums, concert and sport facilities and major city, cultural and sporting events.

These include the £74 million, Zaha Hadid designed Riverside Museum, The Burrell Collection and the recently opened £113 million Emirates Arena, incorporating the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, which played a key role in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. A former soap scriptwriter (Brookside, Family Affairs, River City), he now focus on removing drama from a crisis.