Chris McGrealChris McGreal is a reporter for the Guardian and former journalist at the BBC. He was the Guardian's correspondent in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Washington DC, and now writes from across the United States.

He has won several awads including for his reporting of the genocide in Rwanda, coverage of Israel/Palestine, and for writing on the impact of economic recession in modern America. He received the James Cameron prize for work as a journalist that has combined moral vision and professional integrity. He was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for reporting that penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth.

He is a former merchant seaman. Read More Read Less