Phil Lavelle

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

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Career

Lavelle was a trainee journalist with Granada Television, [1] 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. [2]

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. [1] [2]

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'. [3]

Personal life

He is gay and married, with two children, [4] and is a keen fitness fan and gym goer. [2] Lavelle currently resides in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interview: Phil Lavelle". SoSoGay. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Phil Lavelle". BBC. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. "My Digital Addiction". Al Jazeera. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. " @phillavelle " on Twitter