Lewis Goodall

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.

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

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. "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. 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. 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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