Last updated March 2006
Category: Scotland
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Pauline McLean is BBC Scotland's Arts Correspondent.
Pauline has been involved in journalism from the age of 16 on various local and national papers.
She spent some time as a pop columnist at the Evening
Times in Glasgow and also Arts Editor for The Western Mail in Wales.
Pauline then joined BBC Scotland in 1997 as the first ever Arts
correspondent.
Outside of the BBC, Pauline is a volunteer with Sense
UK and an Associate Member of Dumbarton People's Theatre. Born
in Glasgow.
Pauline was educated at Notre Dame High School, Dumbarton
and St Columba's High School, Clydebank. She studied English
and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University and graduated
in 1990 with 2:1 Honours Degree.
She went on to gain a postgraduate
diploma in Journalism Studies from the University of Wales
College Cardiff. Pauline enjoys theatre, cinema, reading and sporting
activities including cycling and swimming.