{"id":448,"date":"2025-11-12T19:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/?p=448"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:36:56","slug":"desmond-smyth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/2025\/11\/12\/desmond-smyth\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Smyth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C865&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1153&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=1110%2C624&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?resize=528%2C297&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-19.01.47-scaled.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This interview discusses the career journey of Desmond Smyth at UTV. 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