Matt Kennard (journalist)

For the actor, see Matt Kennard (actor).

Matt Kennard
Born
Matthew Kennard

1983 (age 40–41)
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materLeeds University
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Years active2006–present
Notable workIrregular Army
The Racket
RelativesPeter Kennard (father)

Matthew Kennard (born 1983 in London, England) is an English author and journalist. He was previously the head of investigations at the investigative journalism website Declassified UK, which he co-founded with author and historian Mark Curtis.[1]

Kennard has previously written for the New Statesman,[2] The Guardian,[3] the Financial Times,[4][5] openDemocracy[6] and The Intercept.[7] He has also appeared on Novara Media.[8][9][10]

In 2006, while a student journalist, Kennard accused then Leeds University lecturer Frank Ellis of racism[11] and was interviewed on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.[12][13] During this period, Kennard wrote for Leeds Student.[14] He also broke the story in the UCLA student paper, the Daily Bruin, of attempts by Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz to suppress the publication of Norman Finkelstein's Beyond Chutzpah by the University of California Press.[15][16]

Kennard 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[17] and The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs. the Masters of the Universe, published by Zed Books.[18] He was previously a fellow, and then Director, at the Centre for Investigative Journalism.[19]

  1. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (1 December 2020). "Declassified journalists complain of being 'blacklisted' by second Government department this year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Writers". New Statesman.
  3. ^ "Matt Kennard | The Guardian". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Mertz, Chuck (18 April 2015). "A reporter walks away from the Financial Times and into the heart of global capitalism". This Is Hell!.
  5. ^ Antidope (26 August 2015). "How the World Works, For Now". aNtiDoTe Zine. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Matt Kennard". openDemocracy.
  7. ^ "Matt Kennard". The Intercept. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The Russia Report Debate". Novara Media. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Corporations Control Our Governments: Here's How | Aaron Bastani meets Matt Kennard | Downstream". 28 May 2023 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "On Intelligence Services, Corporate Media & Propaganda | Ash Sarkar meets Matt Kennard". 30 June 2024 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Leeds students campaign to kick out the racist lecturer Frank Ellis". Socialist Worker (Britain). 25 March 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Today Programme Listen Again". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  13. ^ Kennard, Matt (24 February 2006). "'Whiter than white?' Frank Ellis, ex-Leeds University lecturer, interview write-up". Leeds Student. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  14. ^ Butt, Riazat (20 June 2006). "Hold the front page! The students have a story". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution". DePaul University. 5 September 2007.
  16. ^ Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Cengage Gale. 2008. pp. 127–129. ISBN 978-0-7876-9533-0.
  17. ^ Kennard, Matt (31 August 2012). "The modern US army: unfit for service?". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  18. ^ Abraham, Amelia (29 April 2015). "Investigative Journalist Matt Kennard Talks About America's Economic Stranglehold on the World". VICE. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Matt Kennard". Pulitzer Center.