McLaughlin, who was nominated for young journalist of the year at the Scottish Press awards 2007, is currently senior reporter at the Edinburgh Evening News, a position he took up in January 2008.
Prior to joining the Evening News, he was a reporter with DC Thompson's Courier and Evening Telegraph newspapers, based in Dundee.
McLaughlin will take up his new role on 29 November.
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