Lewis Vaughan Jones
Lewis Vaughan Jones (born 1981/1982[1]) is a British journalist and television news presenter, working at BBC News.
Background
[edit]Vaughan Jones attended Stanwell School in Glamorgan, Wales.[2] He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College of Oxford University.[3]
Career
[edit]Vaughan Jones began his career at the Welsh Assembly,[3] also known as the Senedd.
He began working in television at ITV Wales in 2005. He then worked at ITN as a journalist covering a range of issues. He became an acting health correspondent at ITV News in 2014.[4] However, by April 2015, Vaughan Jones was a political correspondent at ITV News.[5]
In 2017, Vaughan Jones was an occasional presenter of ITV News bulletins. In 2018, Vaughan Jones was a newsreader at ITN and the BBC.[6] By April 2019, he worked at BBC News only, presenting on both the BBC News and BBC World News channels.[7]
Vaughan Jones still appears regularly on BBC News as a news presenter.
Personal life
[edit]Vaughan Jones began wearing a hearing aid on air in 2018, after suddenly becoming unable to hear through his left ear, following him suffering from the common cold.[6] He now has an implant, to help with hearing, in his skull.[8]
Vaughan Jones is married to Hannah Vaughan Jones,[9] a former news presenter and journalist at CNN International and Sky News.
References
[edit]- ^ "Support for hearing-aid wearing newsreader". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ Lewis Vaughan Jones (2016-06-30). Lewis Vaughan Jones Speech - Stanwell School Annual Prize-giving. Retrieved 2024-12-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Kenwright, Lyndsay (2018-08-27). "Lewis Vaughan Jones". RiverTribe. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "Lewis Vaughan Jones - ITV News political correspondent". www.performingartistes.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "Bennett: Green Party wants to see 'end of politics as usual' - ITV News". ITV News. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Newsreader Lewis Vaughan Jones makes debut wearing hearing aid". BBC News. 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ Khalifa, Ahmed (2019-04-18). "'Adjusting to a Sudden Hearing Loss as TV News Presenter' with Lewis Vaughan Jones". Hear Me Out! [CC]. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ Vaughan Jones, Lewis. "Lewis Vaughan Jones (@LVaughanJones) / X". X. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "'Last embryo' baby boy born after 15 rounds of IVF". BBC News. 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2024-12-31.