Phil Lavelle

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.[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.

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References
  1. http://www.america.cgtn.com/anchors-corresp/phil-lavelle
  2. "Interview: Phil Lavelle". SoSoGay. 13 Jan 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  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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