Phil Lavelle

Phil Lavelle (born 1981 in Liverpool, UK) is an English TV news presenter and correspondent. He is currently with CGTN where he works as their Los Angeles Correspondent.[1]

Career

Lavelle was a trainee journalist with Granada Television,[2] before joining ITV Tyne Tees. He worked as a Programme Editor for two years, as part of the launch-team for the Al Jazeera English news service bureau in London.[3]

He is a former Entertainment Correspondent for Sky News and a news correspondent and weekend presenter for Five News. He also had a spell as news correspondent and presenter for BBC London News. In 2010, Lavelle was hired by the BBC national network as a news correspondent for BBC Breakfast.[2][3]

At Al Jazeera English, he became an established correspondent in Europe and the Near East. He reported from: the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Cyprus, and Israel & Palestine. In the autumn of 2014, he was featured in the strand 'Al Jazeera Correspondent', with his self-produced documentary, 'My Digital Addiction'.[4]

Personal life

He is married, with two children,[5] and is a keen fitness fan and gym goer.[3] Lavelle currently resides in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.america.cgtn.com/anchors-corresp/phil-lavelle
  2. 1 2 "Interview: Phil Lavelle". SoSoGay. 13 Jan 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Phil Lavelle". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "My Digital Addiction". Al Jazeera. November 6, 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/phillavelle
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