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Lewis Goodall Partner, Age, Wikipedia Biography, Education, Family, Wife

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Personal Information Summary
Name Lewis Goodall
Mother / Mum Carmen Goodall
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse / Partner No confirmed information is available.
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in 1989. As of 2024, he is around 35 years old.
Where did Lewis Goodall go to school? Lewis attended Turves Green Boys’ School and Technology College.
Children / No of Kids No confirmed information is available.
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race White
Nationality British
Wiki Bio / Profile Background

Introduction :

  • Described as one of the most exciting voices in British politics by Emily Maitlis, the ever-smiling affable face of Lewis Goodall comes to mind as he discusses Brexit or the general elections in the country.
  • Being a presenter for Sky News’ election night programmes, Lewis is both popular and well respected in the political circles.
  • Apart from Sky News, Lewis has reported for the Victoria Derbyshire (TV programme), Radio 4 and BBC World.
  • Lewis did what very few people in the media can do – As part of a major reporting project for Sky, the “Lewis Lorry” toured the country from 2016 to 2017 trying to shine a light on how Brexit would be affecting businesses, places and people. The tour came to an end in June 2017 after travelling close to 1,214 miles on UK roads.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

  • Born in 1989, Lewis credits a working-class background with describing his father as having worked at Rover Longbridge. In his book, he has also described his father facing middle-aged redundancy.
  • According to him, his family was always a Labour Party voting family.
  • Lewis comes across as qualified and well-educated as he is a former Entente Cordiale Scholar at Alliance Francaise, Paris and a graduate of St John’s College, Oxford University.
  • He also has been associated with Beijing Normal University.

Reporting Career, Salary and Net Worth :

  • Lewis has been a Political Correspondent at Sky News from 2017 to date.
  • Prior to that, he was associated with BBC as a Producer and Reporter and was with the organisation for four years.
  • He began his career as an intern at United States Congress, at the Office of Diana DeGette and followed it up with stints at ITV and Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) as a Researcher.

Skills and Work Experience :

  • Lewis is credited with presenting many historical films for the BBC on subjects including the Easter Rising, The Rise of the SDP and The 1945 General Election.
  • Goodall has fairly exhaustive industry knowledge across vast fields, including Research, Policy Analysis, Public Affairs, Strategy Communications, Journalism, Political Campaigns, Political Science, Political Communication and Social Media.
  • He ascribes stakeholder engagement, qualitative research, and public speaking as his interpersonal skills.
  • Lewis has essentially written about social mobility, with him wanting to see more state school students from working-class backgrounds trying their hand in journalism. He had participated in an event highlighting the joint initiative between John Schofield Trust and online mentoring specialists Brightside to promote social mobility in journalism.
  • Goodall has authored an illustrated book called Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of Labour Britain. HarperCollins Publishers Limited published it. It discusses his viewpoints on the future of the left in British, European and American politics.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • During one of his live reportage, Lewis was hilariously interrupted by Irish prankster James Slattery, who stopped him to ask whether he had seen a skinhead running by with a mobile phone. Though it amused viewers, Lewis continued unperturbed. Lewis was ribbed online for it with the #haveyouseenaskinhead” hashtag trending on Twitter (now called X).
  • Among some of the most popular celebrities Lewis has interviewed – Political figures like Tony Blair, Margaret Beckett, Roy Hattersley, Gerry Adams, Peter Mandelson, Jeremy Corbyn, Nick Clegg, Lord Peter Carrington, Shirley Williams, David Owen and Tessa Jowell. He also had the fortune of conducting Denis Healey’s last interview before the latter’s death.

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