Lizo Mzimba

{{short description|English journalist}} {{pp-pc|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=January 2014}} {{lead rewrite|date=January 2014}} }} {{Infobox person | image = Lizo Mzimba Glastonbury 2011.jpg | caption = Mzimba in 2011 | birth_name = Lizo Mzimba | birth_place = [[Solihull]], England | education = [[Solihull School]], [[University of Birmingham]] | occupation = [[Journalist]], [[television presenter]] | spouse = | children = | credits = ''[[Newsround]]''<br />''[[BBC News]]'' }}

'''Lizo Mzimba''' is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter for ''[[Newsround]]'' between 1998 and 2008 and is currently the Entertainment Correspondent for [[BBC News]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/04/krishnan-guru-murthy-lizo-mzimba-newsround-50|title='Kids are interested in everything': Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lizo Mzimba on Newsround at 50|website=The Guardian|last=Wollaston|first=Sam|date=4 April 2022|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/04_april/28/mzimba.shtml BBC Press Office]</ref>

==Early life== Mzimba attended the independent [[Solihull School]] (during which time he was also leader of the Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra) and the [[University of Birmingham]]. Whilst at Birmingham he was a member of the student TV station, winning awards at NaSTA (National Student Television Association). By 1991, he was contributing to ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' magazine.<ref>Display Ad ''Awakenings''[[The Observer]]; 17 March 1991</ref>

==Career== Mzimba was one of the longest-serving presenters, a reporter and an assistant producer for [[CBBC]]'s ''[[Newsround]]'' between 1998 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/04/newsround-at-50-from-humanitarian-crises-to-condoms-in-sewers-16353256/|title=Newsround turns 50: Presenters past and present share memories of BBC – from humanitarian crises to condoms in sewers|website=Metro|last=Amin|first=Meghna|date=4 April 2022|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60955048|title=Newsround presenters celebrate show turning 50|website=BBC News|last=Mzimba|first=Lizo|date=4 April 2022|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>

In 2003, Mzimba hosted a televised interview with [[J. K. Rowling]] and [[Steve Kloves]] about the 2002 film ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''.

In 2008, Mzimba became the [[BBC News]] Entertainment Correspondent. Along with the traditional BBC News bulletins and the News Channel, he has also appeared on ''[[BBC Breakfast]]''. Mzimba has also appeared as himself on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. In 2023, during [[Jai Paul|Jai Paul's]] first-ever live performance, at [[Coachella]], Mzimba's image was used as a part of the visuals of the set.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Newsround star Lizo Mzimba makes unlikely appearance 'on stage' at Coachella |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/coachella-lizo-mzimba-newsround-jai-paul-b2324515.html |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_3970000/newsid_3972700/3972729.stm All about Lizo - CBBC Newsround] *{{IMDb name|1031527}}

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