James Clive-Matthews, better known as J Clive Matthews, is a British writer, editor, blogger and online content consultant. In 2008 he was shortlisted for the inaugural
UACES-
Reuters Reporting Europe Award, the only independent journalist on a five-person list that included the BBC's Europe Editor
Mark Mardell
Mark Mardell (born 10 September 1957, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) is a British journalist, formerly the presenter of '' The World This Weekend'' on BBC Radio 4. He had previously served as BBC News's Europe editor, and provided coverage for e ...
and the Europe Editor of ''
The Economist''. In 2010 he was named winner of the "Internet" category in the
European Parliament Prize for Journalism.
Writing under the pseudonym "Nosemonkey" he is the author of the blog ''Nosemonkey's EUtopia'', for which he has been shortlisted for awards by ''
The Guardian'' and ''
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
''. Formerly known as Europhobia, the blog rose to prominence for its coverage of the
7 July 2005 London bombings and subsequent campaign to raise money to buy emergency service workers a "thank-you" pint of beer. In 2007 it was named one of the UK's best blogs by the ''
Metro'' newspaper, which said: "In the often fractious and shouty world of Britain's political blogs, J Clive Matthews' balanced, informed and entertaining writing on British and European politics manages to rise above the murk – whatever part of the political spectrum you live on".
Matthews is a contributor to the ''
Times Literary Supplement'', the ''
Press Gazette'', the ''
Guardian
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* Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
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'' and
openDemocracy among others, and is the co-author, with
Jim Smith, of two books in
Virgin Books' "Film series", one on director
Tim Burton, the other on ''
The Lord of the Rings''.
He is a cofounder of the "Ideas on Europe" initiative, managed by
UACES (the academic association for Contemporary European Studies) - the body responsible for the ''
Journal of Common Market Studies''. The initiative is a blog hosting service which provides an "independent forum for informed analysis, comment and debate" concerning EU affairs.
References
External links
Nosemonkey's EUtopia- J Clive Matthews' blog
Ideas on Europe
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British bloggers