Lewis Goodall

Tras graduarse, Goodall trabajó para Granada Studios como redactor de preguntas para el concurso University Challenge . ^{[ 6 ]} Posteriormente trabajó para el grupo de expertos de centroizquierda Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). ^{[ 11 ]} En el IPPR, fue el investigador principal del grupo de expertos "Northern Economic Futures Commission" . ^{[ 12 ]} Inició su carrera periodística como productor y reportero en la BBC en 2012, donde fue productor de Daily Politics . Más tarde se convirtió en analista de economía y negocios para BBC News . ^{[ 13 ]}

En 2014, se unió a Newsnight como investigador político, informando a los presentadores para entrevistas importantes, antes de convertirse en reportero ocasional del programa y de otros contenidos de la BBC, como Victoria Derbyshire y BBC Radio Four . ^{[ 6 ]} En 2015, Goodall informó sobre el tiroteo de Charlie Hebdo y los atentados de París de noviembre de 2015. Goodall realizó la última entrevista con el político laborista Denis Healey antes de su fallecimiento en octubre de 2015. ^{[ 6 ]}

Goodall dejó la BBC en 2016 para unirse a Sky News como corresponsal político. Se hizo conocido por su cobertura de la crisis del Brexit y las luchas dentro del Partido Laborista, y en 2019 fue nombrado uno de los "30 menores de 30" periodistas jóvenes a seguir por MHP Communications . ^{[ 14 ]} Ese año, presentó un documental sobre el ascenso de Nigel Farage y el Partido del Brexit . ^{[ 15 ]} Se hizo conocido por su análisis electoral y de datos, y se convirtió en presentador principal de los programas electorales de Sky en 2017 y 2019. Su primer libro, un análisis del Nuevo Laborismo y Jeremy Corbyn titulado Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party , se publicó en 2018. ^{[ 16 ] [ 17 ]}

He returned to the BBC in January 2020 as Newsnight's policy editor.^[18][19] He went on to become one of the most prominent faces of the BBC's reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, especially its impact on schools, care homes and the death rate. In August 2020, he reported extensively on the A-level grading scandal,^[11] credited with changing government policy over which grades would be given to students in that year's exams, for which he was nominated for an Orwell Prize in 2021.^[11] In 2022, he reported from the western Ukrainian border on the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the resultant refugee crisis in eastern Poland.^[20] That year, he presented a Radio Four documentary, "What is a Tory?", on the evolution of Conservative political thought.^[21] Goodall featured in the BBC's election night coverage and was called a "rising star" of the corporation.^[22]

Goodall later stated that the BBC had not protected his editorial freedom from criticism by former Conservative Party communications chief Robbie Gibb, who was appointed to the BBC board in May 2021 and should not have had direct editorial involvement. Editors had instead warned him to "be careful: Robbie is watching you". This in part led to his decision later to leave the BBC.^[23]

In June 2022, Goodall announced he was leaving the BBC to join media company Global Media & Entertainment to make a daily podcast (The News Agents with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel).^[22] He stated on Twitter that he would be remaining at Newsnight for "a while yet".^[24]The News Agents was launched on 30 August 2022.^[25]

In July 2025, Goodall said he had been subject to a "constitutionally unprecedented" super-injunction by the UK government for 23 months, to prevent the reporting of a "catastrophic" data leak pertaining to Afghan asylum seekers.^[26] Goodall called the case "deeply disturbing for press freedom" in the UK.^[27]

Goodall writes for the New Statesman.^[28]