Lewis Goodall (born 1 July 1989) is a British journalist and author who is currently the Analysis and Investigations Editor for ''

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'', a podcast on

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. He was previously a political correspondent for

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and the policy editor of the

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Goodall was born on 1 July 1989. A native of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, Goodall grew up on a council estate in

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and attended the local

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and completed his

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Cadbury Sixth Form College Cadbury Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in Kings Norton, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It takes students from over 100 schools in the West Midlands. The College's Principal is Julia Stevens who was appointed in 2019. Founded in 1983, t ...

. He went to study at

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

, graduating with a degree in history and politics in 2010. He was the first in his family to go to university. Goodall was an activist for the Labour Party whilst at university and also a blogger. Goodall worked for the centre-left think tank the

Institute for Public Policy Research The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a progressive think tank based in London. It was founded in 1988 and is an independent registered charity. IPPR has offices in Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Funding comes from ...

and also as a question writer for the quiz show ''

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''.

Career

Goodall began his career as a producer and reporter at the

in 2012, where he reported for ''

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'' and

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. He worked at the BBC until 2016 when he left to join

, where he was a political correspondent. Goodall conducted the last interview with Labour Party politician

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before his death in October 2015. In September 2018, Goodall published his first book, ''Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party'', an analysis of

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and

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. In January 2020, Goodall returned to the BBC to join ''

'' as its policy editor. His appointment was met with some criticism by Conservatives because, according to ''

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'', Goodall had "made no secret of his political views" during his previous role at Sky News.

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supporters also accused him of being an "anti-Brexit activist". Goodall also occasionally writes for the ''

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'' as a guest. In August 2020, he wrote on the A-level grading scandal for which he was nominated for an

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in 2021. Goodall has featured in the BBC's election night coverage. Around June 2022, Goodall joined media company

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to make a daily podcast (''

'' with

Emily Maitlis Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former newsreader for the BBC. She was the lead anchor until the end of 2021 of ''Newsnight'', the BBC Two news and current affairs programme. Early life ...

and

Jon Sopel Jonathan B. Sopel (born 22 May 1959) is a British journalist, television presenter and a former correspondent for BBC News. He was formerly the BBC's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a ...

). He stated on Twitter he would be remaining at ''Newsnight'' for "a while yet". ''The News Agents'' was launched on 30 August 2022.

Personal life

Goodall married Tone Langengen, the

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change The Tony Blair Institute (TBI), commonly known by its trade name the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is a non-profit organisation set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to provide advice to governments and "to help political leader ...

's senior climate and energy policy advisor in August 2023.

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* Living people 1989 births Alumni of St John's College, Oxford BBC newsreaders and journalists English political journalists English political writers Labour Party (UK) people Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands Sky News newsreaders and journalists {{UK-journalist-stub