Shiona McCallum

Shiona McCallum is a BBC technology reporter covering everything tech-related online and on-air. Based in Glasgow, her specialist interests include women in tech and online safety. An award-winning journalist, in 2020 she became the first See Me Ambassador, using her platform and lived experience to help tackle mental health stigma and discrimination in Scotland.

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Shiona McCallum's Profile

Shiona McCallum is a Scottish broadcast journalist and BBC technology reporter. Her date of birth and details about her parents are not publicly available. She grew up in Scotland and began her broadcasting career at Moray Firth Radio in Inverness, getting her first on-air experience before going on to work in the Middle East and across Scotland and England.

She began her professional career at the Arabian Radio Network in Dubai as a news reporter and presenter (August 2011 – December 2012), before joining Global as a broadcast journalist (January 2013 – February 2015) and then Bauer Media, working at Radio Forth and Radio Clyde (2015–2017). In March 2017, she joined BBC News as a Newsbeat reporter across BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, and The Asian Network, a role she held until November 2021.

In November 2021, BBC Click and the BBC tech team appointed McCallum as a technology reporter. She is a Senior Reporter in the BBC’s Technology and Innovation story team and reports across all output, including the tech desk online, network television, and BBC World Service. She presents Tech Now on BBC World News and the Tech Life podcast on BBC World Service.

McCallum describes herself as a BBC technology reporter, journalist, and mother. Further details about her current family life and partner are not publicly available.

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Personal Life

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  • Marriage Michael Williams from to (Current husband)
  • Ramsay Williams, a biological child with Michael Williams, born in 2020
  • Munro Williams, a biological child with Michael Williams, born in 2024

Education

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  • Completed secondary education at The Glasgow Academy
  • Attended University of Glasgow; graduated with a LLB (Bachelor of Law)
  • Attended The University of Helsinki - Law (exchange year)

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  • Salary from the senior technology reporter role on BBC Radio and TV
  • Revenue from public speaking and conference appearances
  • Earnings from ambassador work with See Me Scotland

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