Education
Born in Glasgow, Nicolson was educated at Hutchesons" Grammar School and at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1984 with an Master of Arts (Honours) in English literature and Politics.
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He was awarded a Kennedy Scholarship for post graduate study in the United States, and was Harkness Fellow in American Government at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.
As a student he first captured press attention by winning, in the same year, both the Observer Mace (now the John Smith Memorial Mace), and the World Universities Debating Championship at Princeton, New Jersey. He returned to the Glasgow University Union in 2012 to debate against other former World Universities" Championship winners. He was recruited from Harvard by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democrat, New York) to work as a speech writer on Capitol Hill.
British Broadcasting Corporation
As a student, Nicolson appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland"s Mr Speaker Sir.
In 1987 he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation. His network broadcasting career began with the British Broadcasting Corporation youth DEF II programme Open to Question in 1988. In the same year he made the documentary "A Question of Consent" for British Broadcasting Corporation "Public Eye".
After moving to London he reported for a variety of British Broadcasting Corporation programmes including On the Record, Panorama, Assignment, The Late Show, and numerous live general election, European election, and budget programmes. He was a reporter on Newsnight for three years, presented Watchdog Healthcheck on BBC1 and was the main studio presenter on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Breakfast News during the period that the show overtook its commercial rival GMTV for the first time.
Independent Television
After more than ten years at the British Broadcasting Corporation, Nicolson moved to Independent Television News Channel where he presented Live with John Nicolson, a three-hour morning news magazine until 2005.
Other media work
Nicolson has guest reported on Holiday, has presented his own radio show with Jane Moore on LBC 97.3 and has been a panellist on Radio 4"s long running comedy show The News Quiz. He appeared as himself in The Trial of Tony Blair. He has been a regular contributor to the Cumulus Media Networks radio programme The John Batchelor Show.
He writes extensively about architecture and design, as well as politics and traveling
Nicolson joined the Scottish National Party aged 16. He became an Member of Parliament after winning election in the East Dunbartonshire constituency in the 2015 general election.
In 1999, whilst presenting British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast alongside Sophie Raworth, Nicolson came out in various publications as gay, stating: "If my being open about my sexuality shows kids that people like Dale Winton aren"t the only role models, then it must be quite good." He revealed that he was prompted to come out after he was wrongly credited with having a long term girlfriend in a newspaper interview, and was resultantly federal up with viewers believing him to be straight.
Achievements
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He was the studio presenter for the British Broadcasting Corporation on 11 September 2001 as the Twin Towers collapsed, anchoring live on British Broadcasting Corporation News 24 and British Broadcasting Corporation One - a broadcast which won the British Broadcasting Corporation a Foreign Press Association award for best breaking news coverage.
Membership
56th United Kingdom Parliament]
He is a the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Dunbartonshire, elected in the 2015 general election on 7 May 2015. He is the Scottish National Party spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Commons and a member of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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