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:
NY-12 Debate Recap; 'Embedded' in the Yonkers Police Department; How Newborn Blood Screenings Connect to Constitutional Rights; Monarch Butterflies Endangered
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
NY area’s ICE detention facilities are emptying, with local immigrants moved across the country
Thursday, July 28, 2022
4 officers indicted on charges that they failed to stop a man’s suicide attempt at Rikers
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Solitary confinement persists at Rikers Island, just by different names
Sunday, July 24, 2022
A city correction officer is fired after yet another person dies at Rikers
Monday, July 11, 2022
Tuesday Morning Politics; Period Tracking Apps and Digital Privacy; Commissioner Molina on the Rikers Action Plan; NYC's Dearth of Public Bathrooms
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Fear of mass shootings leads to instances of public panic in NYC
Friday, July 01, 2022
New York City Council avoids thorniest issues during jails hearing
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
No immediate federal takeover at Rikers, even as lack of bathrooms lead inmates to urinate on the floor
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Unlike in N.Y. -- and unlike in Congress -- gun safety bills mostly stalled in N.J. legislature
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Previewing the January 6th Committee Hearings; Common Sense Gun Control; Sports and Integration in Brooklyn; New York Sports Are Flying High
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Mental health pros to tag along with cops on certain 911 calls in North Jersey
Monday, June 06, 2022
Building trust between cops and community in Newark begins with talking about trauma
Thursday, June 02, 2022
Photoville Festival Returns With Over 60 Free Exhibitions
Thursday, June 02, 2022
The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Thursday, June 02, 2022
Henri Matisse's Red Studio at MoMA
Thursday, June 02, 2022
Tips for Cooking in the Summer
Thursday, June 02, 2022
The CBC's 'Someone Knows Something' Takes on Anti-Abortion Violence in the 90's
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
A LIRR Transit Update with Stephen Nessen
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Previewing Lincoln Center's Summer for the City Series
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
