Jack Shenker

Jack Shenker is an award-winning journalist who has reported from around the world, and whose work has been translated into several languages.

Formerly Cairo correspondent for the UK's Guardian newspaper, where he led coverage of Egypt's revolution and counter-revolution, his writing has also explored Gaza, Africa, Central Asia and the United States, and been published in a wide range of media outlets including the New York Times, the London Review of Books, Prospect Magazine, and Granta, and been made into films for the BBC. He specialises in politics, protest, investigative work, analysis and in-depth, long-form narrative reporting, but is also highly experienced in quick-turnaround news pieces, general interview packages, taking photos to accompany articles, and all types of features.

His first book, 'The Egyptians: A Radical Story', explored the tumult of Egypt's revolutionary uprising and was published to critical acclaim by Penguin in 2016. His most recent book, 'Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of The People', interrogates the changing political landscape of the UK and was published by The Bodley Head / Vintage Books in 2019.

In 2012 his investigation into the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean - whose cries for help were apparently ignored by European military units - was awarded news story of the year at the One World media awards, where he was also shortlisted for journalist of the year. His journalism has won several other honours, including two Foreign Press Association awards, and he has twice been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

London-based, but available to travel throughout the UK and beyond. NUJ accredited, with press card. For more details, see ****