Jonathan Freedland

ABOUT JONATHAN FREEDLAND

English journalist who wrote for The Guardian and The Jewish Chronicle and contributed to The New York Times.

He attended Wadham College, Oxford, and subsequently worked as a BBC news reporter; in 1992, he became a staff writer for The Washington Post.

He won numerous journalistic awards, including the 2008 David Watt Prize; while working as a journalist, he also wrote thriller novels under the pen name of Sam Bourne.

His father, Michael Freedland, was also a journalist.

He and Gregg Wallace both hosted programs on BBC Radio 4; Freedland was the presenter of The Long View, a history show.