Lewis Goodall
Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34)
Birmingham, England
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, television reporter
Employer(s)BBC
Sky News
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Spouse
Tone Langengen
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(m. 2023)​

Lewis Goodall (born 1 July 1989) is a British journalist and author who is currently the Analysis and Investigations Editor for The News Agents, a podcast on Global. He was previously a political correspondent for Sky News and the policy editor of the BBC's Newsnight.

Early life

Goodall was born on 1 July 1989.[1] A native of Birmingham, Goodall grew up on a council estate in Longbridge and attended the local Turves Green Boys' School and completed his A Levels at Cadbury Sixth Form College. He went to study at St John's College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in history and politics in 2010.[2] He was the first in his family to go to university.[3] Goodall was an activist for the Labour Party whilst at university and also a blogger.[4][5]

Goodall worked for the centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research[6] and also as a question writer for the quiz show University Challenge.[2]

Career

Goodall began his career as a producer and reporter at the BBC in 2012, where he reported for Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Radio Four.[2] He worked at the BBC until 2016 when he left to join Sky News, where he was a political correspondent.

Goodall conducted the last interview with Labour Party politician Denis Healey before his death in October 2015.[2]

In September 2018, Goodall published his first book, Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party, an analysis of New Labour and Jeremy Corbyn.[7][8]

In January 2020, Goodall returned to the BBC to join Newsnight as its policy editor.[9][10] His appointment was met with some criticism by Conservatives because, according to The Telegraph, Goodall had "made no secret of his political views" during his previous role at Sky News.[6] Brexit supporters also accused him of being an "anti-Brexit activist".[6]

Goodall also occasionally writes for the New Statesman as a guest.[11] In August 2020, he wrote on the A-level grading scandal[6] for which he was nominated for an Orwell Prize in 2021.

Goodall has featured in the BBC's election night coverage.[12]

Around June 2022, Goodall joined media company Global Media & Entertainment to make a daily podcast (The News Agents with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel).[12] He stated on Twitter he would be remaining at Newsnight for "a while yet".[13] The News Agents was launched on 30 August 2022.[14]

Personal life

Goodall married Tone Langengen, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's senior climate and energy policy advisor in August 2023.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ 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). Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b c d "Lewis Goodall". greeneheaton.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Goodall, Lewis (19 August 2020). "The schools scandal". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ^ Evans, Joe (21 August 2020). "BBC Newsnight editor accused of 'off the scale' bias after New Statesman cover story". The Week UK. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Lewis Goodall". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d Singh, Anita (20 August 2020). "BBC impartiality row: Newsnight policy editor accused of 'off the scale' bias". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ Maguire, Patrick (19 September 2018). "Lewis Goodall's Left for Dead? asks if Labour can win again". New Statesman.
  8. ^ Bennett, Asa (28 September 2018). "Left for Dead? review: a rip-roaring history of New Labour's rise and fall". The Telegraph.
  9. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (2 September 2019). "Sky's Lewis Goodall to join BBC Newsnight as policy editor". Press Gazette.
  10. ^ Goodall, Lewis (25 January 2020). "Surge in Labour membership amid leadership race". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Writers". New Statesman.
  12. ^ a b Waterson, Jim (20 June 2022). "Lewis Goodall joins exodus from BBC amid impartiality drive". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  13. ^ Goodall, Lewis [@lewis_goodall] (20 June 2022). "Should say I'm sticking around at Newsnight for a while yet!" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Details of Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel's new Global podcast revealed". Radio Today. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  15. ^ Prince, Rosa (14 August 2023). "Health of the nation — and a postcard from Barry". Politico. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Tone Langengen". Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

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