Lewis Vaughan Jones
Welsh journalist and television news presenter
Lewis Vaughan Jones (born 1981) is a Welsh journalist and television news presenter, working at BBC News.
Background
Vaughan Jones grew up in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, where he attended Stanwell School. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College of Oxford University.
Career
Vaughan Jones began his career at the Welsh Government.
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. However, by April 2015, Vaughan Jones was a political correspondent at ITV News.
As of 2017, Vaughan Jones was an occasional presenter of ITV News bulletins. As of 2018, Vaughan Jones was a newsreader at ITN and the BBC. By April 2019, he worked at BBC News only, presenting on both the BBC News and BBC World News channels.
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