Phillip Knightley is an award-winning journalist, distinguished author and visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln.
He was born in Australia but in 1954 moved to Britain where he has spent most of his working life. He was a special correspondent for The Sunday Times (1965-85) and one of the leaders of its Insight investigative team. He was British Press Awards Journalist of the Year (1980 and 1988) –one of only two journalists to have won it twice.
He is the author of ten non-fiction books including The First Casualty (on war reporting and propaganda), which has been published in eight languages.
He has lectured on journalism, law, war and espionage at the City University London, Manchester University, the University of Duesseldorf, Penn State, UCLA, Stanford, the Inner Temple, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and at the RMA Sandhurst.
He was on the management committee of The Society of Authors, London, for six years and is the European representative of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington.
He was awarded the Order of Australia in 2005 for services to journalism and as an author. He has an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Sydney University and the City University, London. He is currently Visiting Professor of Journalism at Lincoln University, England.