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 Accused of Beating Up Uzbek Man at JFK Airport
Monday, September 21, 2020
Purveyor of QAnon Conspiracy, Outed As New Jersey Resident, Put On Paid Leave From Citigroup
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Court Ruling Could Mean Deportation of Tens of Thousands in New York, New Jersey
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The Pagans, A Violent Motorcycle Gang, Is A Growing Threat in N.J.
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
The Democratic Convention Comes to a Close
Friday, August 21, 2020
Night 3: Kamala Harris, Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Night 2: Coast to Coast Roll Call, Military Brass for Biden, and Meet The Candidate
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Night 1: Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, Andrew Cuomo and John Kasich
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Leaving Jail And Kicking Heroin During The Pandemic
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
ICE Detainee in Newark Claims Retaliation For Exposing Poor Medical Conditions
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Pardoned By Cuomo But Detained By ICE, Bronx Immigrant Marks Three Years In ICE Detention
Thursday, July 30, 2020
State-Funded Lawyers Help to Halt Deportations of New Jersey Immigrants, Report Says
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
What Should Well-Off NYC Public School Parents Do With $420 Food Stamp Windfall?
Monday, July 27, 2020
Lawyers Say Immigrants At Bergen County Jail Have No Air Conditioning
Monday, July 27, 2020
Baseball Is Back, Quieter Than Ever
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Some NYC Students Can't Access Virtual Summer School, Advocates Say
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Isolated In Their New Country, Refugees Are Sewing—And Innovating—COVID Masks
Thursday, July 23, 2020
What Will COVID-19 Mean for Higher Education in the Fall?
Wednesday, July 08, 2020
To Play or Not to Play: The 2020 Baseball Season
Wednesday, July 08, 2020
A New Reboot of "Unsolved Mysteries"
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
