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Scott Robert Craig is a British journalist, academic and journalist. Over the past several years, he has been working as a senior broadcast journalist, editor, producer and correspondent at companies around the world.

He is also a prosepective independent candidate for the European parliamentary election. As a freelance reporter, he has worked with broadcasters around the world and regularly contributes reports to 'World Business', which airs on CNBC Europe / World, PBS in the USA, Star World in Asia and many other international broadcasters.

Last year, he was a journalism consultant on 'News X' in Delhi, a new 24/7 news channel recently launched in the Indian market.

Scott was also a senior journalist with Al Jazeera English, based at the channel's HQ in Doha, Qatar and was brought in to help with the channel's launch. On a day to day level, he helped to manage a large team of journalists and produced many hours of live news broadcasts, including in difficult breaking news situations.

Scott also helped to set-up and run Russia Today, a 24-hour international news channel based in Moscow. He was a senior editor there and was a key architect of that channel's successful launch, helping it secure audiences and distribution throughout the world. Scott was also one of the public faces of the channel, giving interviews to print and broadcast media around the world about Russia Today and its programming.

As Editor-in-Chief of IHA, a large video and print news agency based in Istanbul but primarily covering the Middle East, under Scott's tenure, the agency substantially increased its revenues, as well as secured new clients and a greater market share. It also enabled him to travel widely across the Middle East and increase his range of contacts in the region.