# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-symonds
# Generated: 2026-08-20T17:17:25.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-symonds"
name: "Matthew Symonds"
slug: "matthew-symonds"
description: "Matthew John Symonds is a British journalist and a co-founder of The Independent."
tagline: "British journalist (born 1953)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           3.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.333333333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  39
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Symonds"
    title: "Matthew Symonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65030581"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations