Thomas Niblock is a Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 broadcast journalist

Journalist

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. He was a features presenter for UTV Live

UTV Live

UTV Live is the name of the regional news service broadcast on UTV, the ITV region in Northern Ireland. The first edition of the programme was transmitted on Monday 4 January 1993.-Weekday bulletins:*13:55...

 from August 2006 until January 2007, when he became a sports presenter. Niblock joined the station in 2006 after earning a post-graduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism at the University of Ulster

University of Ulster

The University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...

, and a degree in Politics at Queen's University Belfast (QUB).

Niblock has worked for various newspapers and publications since he was 15 years old, and he was previously a sports writer for The Irish News

The Irish News

The Irish News is a compact-sized daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is perceived as being broadly Irish nationalist in outlook...

. He moved to Sky Sports where he was a reporter and presenter before recently moving to BBC Newsline

BBC Newsline

BBC Newsline is the BBC's regional television news service for Northern Ireland. The programme is broadcast on BBC One from BBC Northern Ireland's headquarters in Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast....

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