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

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Reporting Europe Award, the only independent journalist on a five-person list that included the BBC's Europe Editor Mark Mardell and the Europe Editor of ''

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''. In 2010 he was named winner of the "Internet" category in the

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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 ''

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''. Formerly known as Europhobia, the blog rose to prominence for its coverage of the

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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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', the ''

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among others, and is the co-author, with Jim Smith, of two books in

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, the other on ''

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''. He is a cofounder of the "Ideas on Europe" initiative, managed by

(the academic association for Contemporary European Studies) - the body responsible for the ''

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''. 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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