# Lizo Mzimba > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lizo_Mzimba > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lizo_Mzimba.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizo_Mzimba > Source revision: 1354340875 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English journalist This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Lizo Mzimba" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article's lead section may need to be rewritten. Please review the lead guide and help improve the lead of this article if you can. (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Lizo Mzimba Mzimba in 2011 Born Lizo Mzimba Solihull, England Education Solihull School, University of Birmingham Occupations Journalist, television presenter Notable credit(s) Newsround BBC News **Lizo Mzimba** is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter for *[Newsround](/source/Newsround)* between 1998 and 2008 and is currently the Entertainment Correspondent for [BBC News](/source/BBC_News).[1][2] ## Early life Mzimba attended the independent [Solihull School](/source/Solihull_School) (during which time he was also leader of the Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra) and the [University of Birmingham](/source/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](/source/Sounds_(magazine))* magazine.[3] ## Career Mzimba was one of the longest-serving presenters, a reporter and an assistant producer for [CBBC](/source/CBBC)'s *[Newsround](/source/Newsround)* between 1998 and 2008.[4][5] In 2003, Mzimba hosted a televised interview with [J. K. Rowling](/source/J._K._Rowling) and [Steve Kloves](/source/Steve_Kloves) about the 2002 film *[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/source/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets_(film))*. In 2008, Mzimba became the [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) Entertainment Correspondent. Along with the traditional BBC News bulletins and the News Channel, he has also appeared on *[BBC Breakfast](/source/BBC_Breakfast)*. Mzimba has also appeared as himself on *[The Sarah Jane Adventures](/source/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures)*. In 2023, during [Jai Paul's](/source/Jai_Paul) first-ever live performance, at [Coachella](/source/Coachella), Mzimba's image was used as a part of the visuals of the set.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Wollaston, Sam (4 April 2022). ["'Kids are interested in everything': Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lizo Mzimba on Newsround at 50"](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/04/krishnan-guru-murthy-lizo-mzimba-newsround-50). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 23 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [BBC Press Office](https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/04_april/28/mzimba.shtml) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Display Ad *Awakenings*[The Observer](/source/The_Observer); 17 March 1991 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Amin, Meghna (4 April 2022). ["Newsround turns 50: Presenters past and present share memories of BBC – from humanitarian crises to condoms in sewers"](https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/04/newsround-at-50-from-humanitarian-crises-to-condoms-in-sewers-16353256/). *Metro*. Retrieved 23 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Mzimba, Lizo (4 April 2022). ["Newsround presenters celebrate show turning 50"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60955048). *BBC News*. Retrieved 23 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Newsround star Lizo Mzimba makes unlikely appearance 'on stage' at Coachella"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/coachella-lizo-mzimba-newsround-jai-paul-b2324515.html). *The Independent*. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lizo Mzimba](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lizo_Mzimba). - [All about Lizo - CBBC Newsround](https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_3970000/newsid_3972700/3972729.stm) - [Lizo Mzimba](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1031527/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This biographical article related to BBC Television is a stub. 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