Matt Katz reports on air at WNYC about immigration, refugees, national security and hate. He covered New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for more than five years, first for The Philadelphia Inquirer and then for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio. He followed the governor through scandal and presidential candidacy and appeared weekly on WNYC Studios' Christie Tracker Podcast.
In 2015 Matt and a team from WNYC won a Peabody Award for their coverage of Christie and the Bridgegate scandal. The series -- Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power -- was WNYC's first Peabody for news coverage since 1944. In 2016, Matt's biography of Christie -- American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption -- was published by Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions. Matt's experience covering Christie also shaped his 2016 TedX talk, Political Deceit in a Social Media Age.
Matt has written about politics for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic and POLITICO. Before covering the Statehouse in Trenton he spent time in Afghanistan, writing a series on reconstruction efforts for The Philadelphia Inquirer that won the Livingston Award for International Reporting for journalists under the age of 35. In 2009 his four-part investigation about Camden set the stage for an end to the state's takeover of city government. Prior to that, he was an award-winning reporter and syndicated dating columnist at The Courier-Post in New Jersey. He started his career covering local school board, zoning and council meetings for The Daily Record in New Jersey.
Matt has two young children, Sadie and Reuben, who listen to a lot of WNYC. Find him on Twitter @mattkatz00. Read more of Matt's latest reporting on Gothamist.
Matt Katz appears in the following:
ICE Detainee Hunger Strike At Bergen County Jail Is Second This Month
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
2,200 NJ Prisoners Were Released Early. Very Few Got Promised Help.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Released by New Jersey Due to Covid, and Immediately Re-Arrested by ICE
Thursday, November 05, 2020
New Jersey Released More than 2,000 Prisoners Yesterday. Now What?
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
As Election Nears, ICE Looks For New Detention Centers in NY and NJ
Sunday, November 01, 2020
QAnon Lurks Behind The Election, From Your Family Text Chain to a New Jersey Congressional Race
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Released From ICE Detention Due To COVID, NJ Green Card Holder Is Detained Again
Monday, October 19, 2020
A Listening Party With Kronos Quartet
Friday, October 16, 2020
The Immigrant Artist Biennial
Friday, October 16, 2020
'The Dispossessed' by John Washington
Friday, October 16, 2020
QAnon and Its Proliferators
Friday, October 16, 2020
Immigration Updates Ahead of the Election
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Bias Incidents in New Jersey Increase a Staggering 75 Percent
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Chris Christie Is Still Hospitalized With COVID
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Chris Christie Hospitalized With Coronavirus After Going Maskless at the White House
Sunday, October 04, 2020
Indoor Dining Returns to Cities Across the Country, Despite Potential Health Risks
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Homelessness on the Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Thursday, October 01, 2020
What the Pandemic Means for Child Labor Across the Globe
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Held By ICE Longer Than Any New Yorker, Bronx Man Is Finally Freed
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
