Bio
Will Matthews is the senior communications officer at the ACLU of Northern California, where he leads the strategic communications component of a statewide ACLU campaign to reform California’s criminal justice system. Previously he was the senior media relations associate at the ACLU’s national office in New York, where he primarily worked on the ACLU’s campaign to reduce over-incarceration. A graduate of Chapman University in Orange, Calif, and the recipient of the Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University, Matthews formerly was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group.
Featured work
Jan 15, 2010
Immigrant Deaths Expose Need For Systemic Overhaul
Oct 13, 2009
The ACLU and Religion: Don't Believe Everything You Read On the Internet
Apr 3, 2009
The Dirty Little Secret of Deaths in Detention
Mar 20, 2009
ACLU and ADF: Protecting Prisoners' Rights Together
Mar 18, 2009
Death Penalty in the U.S.: Desmond Tutu Asks "Why?"
Mar 12, 2009
From NPP to MSNBC
Jan 28, 2009
Shining a Light on In-Custody Deaths
Dec 5, 2008
Death by Harsh Sentencing and Deliberate Indifference
Oct 23, 2008
Arizonans Deserves Better
Oct 9, 2008
Bad Hair Day?