Matthew Kennard

Matthew Kennard (born 1983 in London) is a London-based British author and journalist who has previously written for the Leeds Student, Daily Bruin, Bulb magazine, New Statesman, The Guardian and the "Financial Times". He has interviewed Clare Short, Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn, Norman Finkelstein and Damon Albarn as well as many other artists, scientists, journalists, and politicians.[1]

In 2006 when as a student journalist he accused Leeds University lecturer Frank Ellis of racism and was interviewed by the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.[2] Kennard also broke the story in the Daily Bruin of the Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz’s attempts to suppress the publication of Beyond Chutzpah (Norman Finkelstein) by the University of California Press. Dershowitz accused him of being a 'liar' in print.[3] This story was subsequently picked up in national newspapers in Britain and America.

He is the author of Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror published by Verso Books and The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs. the Masters of the Universe published by Zed Books. He is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism.[4]

His father is artist Peter Kennard. He lives in North London with his partner and son.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://mattkennard.tumblr.com/
  2. ↑ BBC Radio 4 Today programme
  3. ↑ Daily Bruin
  4. ↑ http://www.tcij.org/
  5. ↑ "Matt Kennard (@KennardMatt) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
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