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:
Refugees Speak - Though A Sculpture - in Madison Square Park
Monday, January 20, 2020
Bridgegate Has Its Day in (Supreme) Court
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Bridgegate
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Bridgegate Goes To The High Court
Monday, January 13, 2020
Facing Unprecedented Anti-Semitic Attacks, New York Jews Are Learning To Fight Back—Literally
Thursday, January 09, 2020
After Anti-Semitic Attacks, Jewish Community Learns To Fight Back
Thursday, January 09, 2020
Facebook Won't Remove Page That New Jersey Officials Call Anti-Semitic
Friday, January 03, 2020
DACA Dilemma: When an International Scholarship Might Mean Deportation
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Unsettled in Japan, Part 5: Broken Promise for Refugees
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Unsettled in Japan, Part 4: Coexisting in Japan’s Sanctuary City
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Unsettled in Japan, Part 3: Flying Across Borders And Ending Up Detained
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Unsettled in Japan, Part 2: Rose And Nahed Try To Become 'Japanese'
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Unsettled in Japan Part 1: Massamba Arrives In Tokyo With A Suitcase And A Longshot Dream
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Booker To New Jersey Democratic Allies: End Your ICE Detention Contracts Now
Monday, November 18, 2019
OTM presents Trump Inc: All the President's Memes
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Who Makes Money When a Bunch of Conspiracy Theorists Throw a Party at Trump’s Hotel?
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Refugees React To Trump Administration Program Cuts
Saturday, September 28, 2019
One Republican's Reaction to the Push for Impeachment
Thursday, September 26, 2019
