Murray Arnold Dron (born 23 January 1975) is a British journalist and television presenter working for ITN on

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and ITV News.

Background

Dron was born in

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, but grew up in

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from a young age. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and graduated from

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male stu ...

with a degree in Media.

Broadcasting career

Murray began his career in the

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as presenter of

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's nightly regional news programme Channel Report alongside Kristina Moore. He also presented the weekly sports show Report Sport. From 2007 Dron was a freelance sports reporter for ITV News, covering a wide range of events, including Formula One, Premier League football, the cricket and rugby World Cups and the Tour de France. He was a launch presenter on

Setanta Sports News Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007.

, co-hosting Lunchtime Live alongside

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until the channel ceased broadcasting in June 2009. In August 2009 Murray started reporting for

and ITV News.

Personal life

Dron plays volleyball for

and has competed at the

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three times.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dron, Murray ITN newsreaders and journalists 1975 births Living people Alumni of Edge Hill University