Lewis Goodall Biography
Lewis Goodall is the Analysis and Investigations Editor at Global Radio and the co-presenter of The News Agents podcast with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel. He also writes for the New Statesman magazine. His book Left for Dead?; The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party, is an examination of the shifting fortunes of Labour from political dominance under Tony Blair to the election-losing opposition under Jeremy Corbyn, and its impact on the future of the party.
Lewis Goodall Age
Goodall is 34 years old as of 2023. He was born on July 1, 1989, in Birmingham, England.
Lewis Goodall Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall (1.73 m or 173 cm).
Lewis Goodall Nationality
He is British by nationality.
Lewis Goodall Education
Goodall attended the local Turves Green Boys School and Technology College from 2000 – 2005. He then joined Cadbury Sixth Form College where he completed his A Levels in 2007. Subsequently, he studied for a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics at the University of Oxford graduating with a degree in History and Politics in 2010.
Goodall was the first in his family to go to university. While at the University, he was an activist for the Labour Party and a blogger. He also worked for the centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research and as a question writer for the quiz show University Challenge.
Lewis Goodall Parents
Lewis is a native of Birmingham and he grew up on a council estate in Longbridge in a busy household, where both parents worked shifts. He was the first in his family to go to university leaving his sister Megan at home to support their mum through some mental health difficulties, which was “tough”. However, his parents’ identities are unknown.
Lewis Goodall Wife
Who is Lewis Goodall married to? Lewis is married to Tone Langengen, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change’s senior climate and energy policy advisor. The couple tied the knot in August 2023.
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Lewis Goodall Global Radio
Lewis is the Analysis and Investigations Editor at Global Radio and the co-presenter of The News Agents podcast with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel. He is an effective and engaging storyteller who has worked across the BBC producing and presenting documentaries and appearing on news output across the corporation’s platforms covering policy, government, and economics.
Lewis began his broadcasting career as a researcher with Granada Television writing questions for University Challenge before joining the think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research. He then moved to the BBC as a producer and reporter working on BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire and programmes on Radio 4, including producing the documentary Generation Right, which looks at shifting trends in young people’s political affiliations.
Lewis moved to Sky News as Political Correspondent where he undertook a two-year project aboard the Lewis Lorry, touring the country to look at how Brexit would affect businesses, people, and places not usually in the media spotlight.
After three years at Sky Lewis returned to the BBC as Policy Editor for Newsnight where he played an increasing role in the corporation’s election coverage. He has covered a wide range of subjects including the war in Ukraine and the resulting refugee crisis, building safety post-Grenfell, and the school exam crisis, for which he was nominated for the Orwell Prize.
Lewis left the BBC to join Global Radio as co-presenter of the podcast The News Agents with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel, as well as being Analysis and investigations Editor with a remit to work on video journalism, reporting breaking stories and producing content for podcasts and social channels on LBC.
Lewis also writes for the New Statesman magazine. His book Left for Dead?; The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party, is an examination of the shifting fortunes of Labour from political dominance under Tony Blair to the election-losing opposition under Jeremy Corbyn, and its impact on the future of the party.
Lewis Goodall Salary
He earns an average annual salary of around $150,000.
Lewis Goodall Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15 million as of 2023.
