Phil Lavelle
Phil Lavelle is an English broadcast journalist.
He has been freelance since late 2011 and works primarily as a news correspondent for BBC News and for Al Jazeera English. He also works as a technology reviewer, for websites such as TechRadar.com and MSN.
Career
- Early Career
Lavelle was a trainee journalist with Granada Television, 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.
He is a former Entertainment Correspondent and presenter 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, where he became a familiar on-air face.
He once caused a stir after posting a message on Twitter that upset some people in Wales, when he suggested the BBC should not be funding the S4C channel whilst making other, internal, cutbacks. It was reported in the media[citation needed] that the BBC's Director-General Mark Thompson had to make a personal apology, though this turned out to be a fabrication[citation needed].
- Al Jazeera English
At Al Jazeera English, he reported on stories relating to the film-industry in the United Kingdom. However, since 2013, he has become an established correspondent in Europe and the Near East. He has reported from: the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Cyprus, and Israel & Palestine.
Personal Life
Lavelle lives in London with his partner, their young son and their pet dog.
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