{{Short description|Scottish broadcast journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox presenter | name = Lucy Whyte | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|2}}<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LesleyColqBanks|last=Banks|first=Lesley|number=517631564185092096|title=Happy birthday to @LucyJWhyte you can turn 30 more often...}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | show = Reporting Scotland | station = BBC Reporting Scotland | network = BBC | timeslot = 1830-1900 | style = Education Correspondent | country = Scotland | prevshow = | parents = | spouse(s) = | partner = | children = | website = }} '''Lucy J Whyte''' (born 2 October 1984) is a Scottish broadcast journalist, currently working for BBC Radio Scotland and ''Reporting Scotland''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/the-nine-team/|title=Nine lives: First picture of the team behind BBC Scotland’s new flagship news programme The Nine|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25557881.bbc-scotland-turmoil-bosses-try-keep-star-host-happy/|title='The intrigue has been worthy of The Celebrity Traitors' - Alison Rowat|date=21 October 2025|website=The Herald}}</ref>
==Education and career== Whyte graduated in 2008 with a 2:1 Honours Degree in English literature from the University of St Andrews, followed by a diploma in broadcast journalism from the University of the West of Scotland in 2008. Shortly afterwards, she joined Bauer Radio station Radio Clyde, working as a journalist there for 4 years.
In March 2012, she became a production and broadcast journalist for STV News, based in Glasgow, reporting and sometimes presenting bulletins on the main STV channel, as well as City channels STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh. She occasionally appeared as anchor on the West edition of the ''STV News at Six''.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-whyte-3a7539137/?originalSubdomain=uk Lucy Whyte]{{dead link|date=March 2021|bot=Dlmarial|fix-attempted=yes}}, ''LinkedIn''.</ref>
From May 2016, covered maternity leave, as acting main anchor of the East edition of the ''STV News at Six'' based in Edinburgh. This ended on 21 April 2017 before she finally left STV altogether a week later to join BBC Scotland. She filled in as a relief presenter on ''Good Morning Scotland'' until it came to an end in November 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25534521.senior-msp-hits-threat-flagsship-bbc-news-show/|title='Act of vandalism': Senior MSPs hit out over threat to flagship BBC news show|date=10 October 2025|website=The Herald}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Twitter}}
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