- Heath O’Loughlin
Heath O'Loughlin is currently a weekend sports presenter and reporter for
National Nine News based in Melbourne. O'Loughlin presents alongside newsreaderJo Hall . O'Loughlin also fills in for the weeknight sports presenterTony Jones throughout the year.At the end of 2006, O'Loughlin moved from the
Seven Network and replacedLeith Mulligan who moved toFox Sports News .O'Loughlin has previously worked for
Seven News as a reporter. He started work with theSeven Network in production roles behind the scenes and after learning how the industry worked off-camera, O'Loughlin pursued a journalism cadetship with the newsroom. After completing his cadetship and six years of reporting general news for the network.As an athlete Heath was a member of the national volleyball team and was headed to the Olympics, but left the team to pursue his career in journalism. He plays basketball, AFL football and boxing.
O'Loughlin will finish at
National Nine News when his contract ends in December, to take on a new direction atNorth Melbourne Football Club . He will be replaced byGrant Hackett [cite news|first=Megan|last=Miller|title=Grant Hackett dives in with Nine|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,,24374430-10388,00.html|work=Herald Sun |date=2008-09-20|accessdate=2008-09-21]Links
* [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=449386 Heath O’Loughlin, National Nine News]
* [http://www.ninemsn.com.au ews National Nine News Website]References
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