Kirstin Gove (formerly Haggarty, born 1973) is a Scottish PR & media consultant, who previously worked as a broadcast journalist and presenter for

STV North Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and ...

(formerly Grampian Television). Gove was born in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

but moved to

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

at the age of three. Both of her parents are former full-time teachers in Aberdeen. Gove attended

Ashley Road Primary School {{Use British English, date=February 2017 * List of schools in Aberdeen City, Scotland. ''(An asterisk denotes a privately funded school.)'' There are 14 secondary schools (11 state, 3 private); 52 primary schools (48 state, 4 private) and 1 ...

and

Aberdeen Grammar School Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of thirteen secondary schools run by the Aberdeen City Council educational department. It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest grammar school ...

, and graduated in 1995 with a MA Honours degree in German and International Relations. Gove joined

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and ...

in 1995 from a work placement scheme on a local newspaper. Within a year, Gove became a sports presenter and occasional anchor for the nightly news programme ''

North Tonight ''North Tonight'' is a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North (formerly Grampian Television). History During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grampian's regional news service consisted of daily ...

''. Between 1998 and 2006, she was a regular main anchor for ''North Tonight''. She later became a part-time bulletin presenter and newsgathering editor for ''

STV News at Six ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow, ...

''. Gove also presented a number of other regional programmes for Grampian TV including ''Testimony'', ''Off The Wall'', ''Inquisition'', ''The Buck Stops Here'', ''Grampian Weekend'' and ''Grampian Midweek''. She has also worked at

Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...

as a production journalist for the monthly ''Scottish Questions'' programme and a reporter for the flagship political programme ''Crossfire''. Most recently, she also presented and produced ''Ask Kirstin'', a feedback series for STV North's video blog ''Northern Exposure''. Gove left STV North in December 2009 to become a communications training manager for the Aberdeen-based media and communications agency, AVC Media Enterprises. In June 2011, she joined the PR firm

Weber Shandwick Weber Shandwick is a marketing communications firm formed in 2001 by merging the Weber Group, Shandwick International and BSMG. The company is part of global agency network Interpublic Group (IPG), as part of the parent company's IPG DXTRA opera ...

as Account Director in its Aberdeen offices before moving to Aberdeen-based marketing agency Covey McCormick (now Citrus:Mix) five months later.Citrus:Mix - Kirstin Gove
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