Police are appealing for information to help trace 19-year-old Ryan Hume from south east of Edinburgh.
He was last seen in his car on the Queensferry Crossing at 6pm today.
His car is a silver-coloured Toyota Yaris, registration mark SN06 OCW. It is understood he could be in the St Andrews area.
He is described as being around five-foot, eleven-inches tall, with light brown short hair, stubble, wearing blue jeans, grey T-shirt and black trainers.
Anyone who sees Ryan is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting 2694 of 1 September.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.