Fahad Tariq
Fahad Tariq is a content editor at Glasgow Live, shaping a health-led local news agenda that keeps public services, justice and everyday disputes in plain view. His work is defined by direct reporting on how institutions and decisions touch individual lives, whether through urgent health warnings, court outcomes or neighbourhood tensions. He combines commissioning responsibilities with his own bylines, maintaining a steady mix of health pieces, crime coverage and community stories for the masthead.
Health warnings and patient stories
Health coverage runs through his reporting, often framed around a single case that illustrates wider risks or gaps in awareness.
In recent work, he has written about women receiving an urgent health warning after an “unforgettable” cancer diagnosis, using a personal experience to anchor the story while directing attention to symptoms and early checks. His health pieces favour clear cause-and-effect explanations: what happened to a patient, what clinicians say should change, and what practical steps readers can take to reduce their own risk. This focus on individual stories and straightforward guidance makes his health reporting accessible while still rooted in lived experience.
Crime and courts coverage
Alongside health, Tariq regularly covers crime and justice, with an emphasis on sentencing decisions and the impact on victims. His work has included coverage of a 54-year-old convicted of murdering his partner in Springburn, reported with detail on the minimum jail term and the circumstances of the killing. He has also reported on a taxi driver jailed for rape and sexual assault of a passenger in Drumchapel, setting out the sequence of events and the length of sentence in clear, factual language. In another piece, he covers a crossbow being fired at a property following a disturbance involving youths, balancing the unusual nature of the weapon with a matter-of-fact account of the incident and confirmation that no one was injured.
These stories share a consistent structure: concise descriptions of what occurred, where and when it happened, and the formal response from police or courts, without embellishment.
Community disputes and local services
Tariq’s reporting also tracks tensions around public services and everyday neighbourhood disputes, often highlighting how residents and workers collide over use of shared space. He has covered complaints directed at paramedics at a local ambulance station, where neighbours expressed anger about staff parking personal vehicles on nearby streets.
In another story, he reports on hundreds of workers at a university being balloted for strike action in response to planned job cuts and a funding shortfall, foregrounding the scale of the ballot and the employer’s rationale.
These pieces treat disputes over parking, employment and amenities as legitimate news, focusing on the practical consequences and the voices of those directly affected rather than commentary. The through-line is attention to how policies or behaviours of large institutions play out on specific streets, workplaces and households.
Role shaping the news mix
Tariq moved to Glasgow Live in late 2022 and has since progressed from senior journalist to content editor, a role that gives him responsibility for overseeing local news and what’s on coverage. He brings more than six years of experience in fast-paced newsrooms to this position, which informs his preference for clear, tight headlines and straightforward story structures. Trade and directory profiles describe his portfolio as spanning local and national news, crime, media and broader United Kingdom stories, indicating a range that goes beyond a single speciality even as health remains a core beat. As content editor, he curates a mix that blends breaking incidents, court outcomes, labour disputes, community events such as mosque open days, and health-led features, keeping the masthead’s output closely tied to immediate concerns in the city. Across these strands, his work is defined less by opinion and more by steady attention to what is happening to ordinary people as they interact with services, employers and the justice system.
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