Gareth Lightfoot

Local Democracy Reporter

Gareth Lightfoot grew up in Whitley Bay and has been a journalist for 20 years, as a reporter at the Barnsley Chronicle and 15 years as court reporter for The Gazette and Teesside Live. He worked as a senior lecturer in digital journalism at Teesside University before joining the Echo as a Local Democracy Reporter in 2021.

Gareth Lightfoot grew up in Whitley Bay and has been a journalist for 20 years, as a reporter at the Barnsley Chronicle and 15 years as court reporter for The Gazette and Teesside Live. He worked as a senior lecturer in digital journalism at Teesside University before joining the Echo as a Local Democracy Reporter in 2021.

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