Matt Graydon graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Film.
He joined CMS after working as a media and communications specialist with the United Nations in Iraq, South Sudan and Afghanistan, where he focused on migration and refugee issues in humanitarian and development contexts.
He is interested in how practices like migration are shaped by technology, the role of the media in conflict, and the use of state-sponsored media as a foreign policy tool.
Thesis:
Manufacturing Dissent: Assessing the Methods and Impact of RT (Russia Today)