Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 July 1989 Birmingham,England |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television reporter, author |
| Employer(s) | BBC Sky News LBC |
| Spouse |
Tone Langengen (m.2023) |
Lewis Goodall(born 1 July 1989) is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He worked as a journalist forGranada Studiosbefore becoming a political correspondent forSky News.He later became policy editor of theBBC'sflagship current affairs programmeNewsnight.
In 2022 he, along with then BBC presentersEmily Maitlis(Newsnight) andJon Sopel(Politics Show) quit the broadcaster in frustration at the BBC's editorial policy to launch theThe News Agentspodcast.[1]His first book "Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party" was published in September 2018.
Early life[edit]
Goodall was born on 1 July 1989.[2]He was raised on acouncil estateinLongbridge;he attendedTurves Green Boys' Schooland completed hisA LevelsatCadbury Sixth Form College.His mother gave birth to him at the age of 17. His father was a welder at the nearbyRover Companyfactory.[3]He studied atSt John's College, Oxford,graduating in 2010 with a degree in history and politics.[4]
While at Oxford, he spent time in the United States as an intern to the DemocratHouse RepresentativeDiana DeGette.[5]He later became an Entente Cordiale scholar, spending time learning French in Paris[6]andMandarin ChineseatBeijing Normal University.[7]He was the first in his family to go to university.[8]Goodall was a volunteer for and member of theLabour Partywhilst at school.[9][10]
Career[edit]
Granada and the BBC[edit]
After graduation, Goodall worked forGranada Studiosas a question writer for the quiz showUniversity Challenge.[4]He then worked for the centre-left think tank theInstitute for Public Policy Research.[11]At the IPPR, he was the main researcher for the "Northern Economic Futures Commission"think tank.[12]He began his career in journalism as a producer and reporter at the BBC in 2012, where he was a producer on theDaily Politics.He later become Economics and Business Analyst forBBC News.[13]
In 2014, he joinedBBC Newsnightas a political researcher, briefing presenters for major interviews before becoming an occasional reporter for the programme as well as wider BBC output, includingVictoria DerbyshireandBBC Radio Four.[4]In 2015, Goodall reported from both theCharlie Hebdo shootingandNovember 2015 Paris attacks.Goodall conducted the last interview withLabour PartypoliticianDenis Healeybefore his death in October 2015.[4]
Sky News[edit]
Goodall left the BBC in 2016 to joinSky Newsas a political correspondent. He became known for his coverage of the Brexit crisis and the civil war within the Labour Party, and in 2019 was named aMHP Communications'30 under 30' young journalists to watch.[14]That year, he presented a documentary on the rise ofNigel Farageand theBrexit Party.[15]He became known for his election and data analysis and became a main presenter on Sky's election programmes in 2017 and 2019. His first book, an analysis ofNew LabourandJeremy CorbyntitledLeft for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Partywas published in 2018.[16][17]
Return toNewsnight[edit]
He returned to the BBC in January 2020 asNewsnight's policy editor.[18][19]He went on to become one of the most prominent faces of the BBC's reporting on theCOVID-19 pandemic,especially its impact on schools, care homes and the death rate. In August 2020, he reported extensively on theA-level gradingscandal,[11]credited with changing government policy over which grades would be given to students in that year's exams, for which he was nominated for anOrwell Prizein 2021.[11]In 2022, he reported from the western Ukrainian border on the outbreak of theRusso-Ukrainian Warand the resultant refugee crisis in eastern Poland.[20]That year, he presented a Radio Four documentary "What is a Tory?" on the evolution of Conservative political thought.[21]Goodall featured in the BBC's election night coverage and was called a "rising star" of the corporation.[22]
The News Agents[edit]
In June 2022, Goodall announced he was leaving the BBC to join media companyGlobal Media & Entertainmentto make a daily podcast (The News AgentswithEmily MaitlisandJon Sopel).[22]He stated on Twitter he would be remaining atNewsnightfor "a while yet".[23]The News Agentswas launched on 30 August 2022,[24]and was named "Best Daily Podcast" in 2023. He also became presenter of a Friday politics show forLBC.He was named as the sole presenter of the investigative documentary series “News Agents Investigates” in the same year. In spring 2024 he was named as the presenter of LBC's flagship Sunday political show, Sunday with Lewis Goodall.
Goodall writes for theNew Statesmanand other print and online outlets.[25]
Personal life[edit]
He married Tone Langengen, theTony Blair Institute for Global Change's senior climate and energy policy advisor, in August 2023.[26][27]
References[edit]
- ^Waterson, Jim. "Lewis Goodall joins exodus from BBC amid impartiality drive".The Guardian,20 June 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024
- ^Goodall, Lewis [@lewis_goodall] (1 July 2019)."I celebrated my 30th birthday in the only way appropriate: I went to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library"(Tweet).Retrieved13 January2021– viaTwitter.
- ^49 | Lewis Goodall & Megan Goodall | Relatively,28 June 2022,retrieved8 March2024
- ^abcd"Lewis Goodall".greeneheaton.co.uk.Retrieved20 August2020.
- ^"Book Lewis Goodall - Contact speaker agent".JLA.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^"Author".HarperCollins Canada.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^"Mary Greenham NewsPresenters - Lewis Goodall Agent".www.marygreenham.co.uk.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^Goodall, Lewis (19 August 2020)."The schools scandal".New Statesman.Retrieved21 June2022.
- ^Evans, Joe (21 August 2020)."BBC Newsnight editor accused of 'off the scale' bias after New Statesman cover story".The Week UK.Retrieved21 June2022.
- ^"Lewis Goodall".The Guardian.Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2015.Retrieved21 June2022.
- ^abcSingh, Anita (20 August 2020)."BBC impartiality row: Newsnight policy editor accused of 'off the scale' bias".The Telegraph.Retrieved20 August2020.
- ^"If the Chancellor is serious about" rebalancing "the UK economy we need serious investment in regions outside of the greater South East".British Politics and Policy at LSE.21 March 2012.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^"UK v rest of G7: How's our driving?".BBC News.9 May 2013.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^Gladdis, Keith (28 March 2023)."'Golden age of journalism ahead' says 30ToWatch journalism awards chair John Ryley ".Press Gazette.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^Special report: Farage - A New Populism?,retrieved8 March2024
- ^Maguire, Patrick (19 September 2018)."Lewis Goodall's Left for Dead? asks if Labour can win again".New Statesman.
- ^Bennett, Asa (28 September 2018)."Left for Dead? review: a rip-roaring history of New Labour's rise and fall".The Telegraph.
- ^Mayhew, Freddy (2 September 2019)."Sky's Lewis Goodall to join BBC Newsnight as policy editor".Press Gazette.
- ^Goodall, Lewis (25 January 2020)."Surge in Labour membership amid leadership race".BBC News.Retrieved21 June2022.
- ^On the Polish-Ukrainian border as tens of thousands flee - BBC Newsnight,retrieved8 March2024
- ^"BBC Radio 4 - What's a Tory?".BBC.Retrieved8 March2024.
- ^abWaterson, Jim (20 June 2022)."Lewis Goodall joins exodus from BBC amid impartiality drive".The Guardian.Retrieved20 June2022.
- ^Goodall, Lewis [@lewis_goodall] (20 June 2022)."Should say I'm sticking around at Newsnight for a while yet!"(Tweet).Retrieved21 June2022– viaTwitter.
- ^"Details of Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel's new Global podcast revealed".Radio Today.22 August 2022.Retrieved22 August2022.
- ^"Writers".New Statesman.
- ^Prince, Rosa (14 August 2023)."Health of the nation — and a postcard from Barry".Politico.Retrieved2 September2023.
- ^"Tone Langengen".Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.Retrieved2 September2023.