Matt Bradley (journalist)

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Matt Bradley
Education Duke University (BA)
OccupationCorrespondent
Years active2004–present
Employer NBC News

Matt Bradley is an American journalist currently working at NBC News in London, United Kingdom, as a foreign correspondent. He previously worked at The Wall Street Journal as a Middle East correspondent in Baghdad, Iraq and Beirut, Lebanon. [1]

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Early life and education

Bradley graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina with a BA in English and was a writer for his college's newspaper, The Chronicle. [2] [3]

Career

In 2010 he began work at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter and Middle East correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt, Baghdad, Iraq, and Beirut, Lebanon. [4] [5] [6]

In 2016, Bradley was named a London-based correspondent at NBC News and MSNBC based in London, United Kingdom. [7] He reported on the QAnon conspiracy theory and the COVID-19 protests in Germany. [8] [9] In 2019 MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi was doing a segment on the fight against ISIS in Syria; the filming shifted to Bradley, who was caught spitting into his hand to groom his hair back, unaware for several seconds that his live shot had started. That moment went viral. [10] [11]

References

  1. Hernandez, Greg (14 January 2021). "Thursday Morning Man: Matt Bradley!". Greg In Hollywood. January 14, 2021.
  2. "Matt Bradley". Duke Trinity College of Arts and Science.
  3. "Matt Bradley". The Duke Chronicle. April 15, 2004. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  4. "The Matt Bradley Journal". CairoScene. August 26, 2013.
  5. "Matt Bradley". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  6. Bradley, Matt (May 1, 2016). "Iraq Cleric's followers trigger political crisis". The Wall Street Journal: 1. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  7. Katz, A.J. (13 May 2016). "Leitner, Bradley, Kafanov Join the NBC News Family". Adweek. May 13, 2016.
  8. "QAnon conspiracy theories spread overseas". NBC News Now. August 31, 2020.
  9. "Violent clashes erupt in Europe amid renewed COVID restrictions". NBC News Now. December 7, 2021.
  10. Verhoeven, Beatrice (23 March 2019). "NBC reporter uses his spit and hand to groom his hair during live shot". The Wrap. March 23, 2019.
  11. Corner, Natalie (March 23, 2019). "War correspondent caught spitting in his hand and styling hair on live report". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2025-10-15.