Matt Frei

From September 2016, Matt also started presenting the 10 o’clock show every Saturday on LBC radio, discussing issues with callers and using his wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge of politics on both sides of the Atlantic to share his own opinions on worldwide matters of interest.

Following joining Channel 4 in 2011 but prior to his current role, Matt was Washington Correspondent for two years and led the coverage of the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world. In October 2012, Matt headed Channel 4’s coverage of the US Presidential election, including making a documentary “The American Road Trip: Obama’s story” in which he visited middle-class voters in the mid-west communities.  In January 2016, Matt reported on his own documentary investigating the world of Donald Trump and those that surround him, ‘The Mad World of Donald Trump’, for Channel 4 and made a series of documentaries on the rise of Trump.

Before joining Channel 4, Matt anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. During his career, he has covered four US presidential elections interviewed four US presidents and reported from more than forty countries.