Christopher Scanlon

Christopher Scanlon is a writer and commentator whose writing on a wide range of topics has appeared in major Australian newspapers.

He teaches in the journalism program at La Trobe University where he co-founded Upstart, the magazine for emerging journalists, http://www.upstart.net.au/

Between 1999–2007 he co-edited Arena Magazine and continues to manage Arena’s website, http://www.arena.org.au

\Christopher has a PhD in politics, which focused, among other things, on the political ideas of Mark Latham. Consequently, he can claim the rare distinction of having read and made extensive notes on all of Mr Latham’s books — except The Latham Diaries.

Despite escaping from Tasmania in 1996, Christopher still occasionally refers to mainland Australia as ‘The Mainland’ to the appalled amusement of his more cosmopolitan friends. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Kasey Edwards and daughter Violet.