Matthew Schuerman joined WNYC in December 2007 as the transportation and economic development reporter. He covered the most severe MTA cuts in decades, as well as the impact of the recession on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn and the World Trade Center redevelopment in Lower Manhattan. Since 2010, Schuerman has served in various capacities as editor, overseeing newscast content, live interviews, features and specials, focusing on housing, the urban environment, sustainability, transportation and infrastructure.
In 2017, a multimedia series Schuerman oversaw in conjunction with other nonprofit partners, The Harlem Heat Project, won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation from the RTNDA. A week-long collaboration Schuerman undertook with CityLimits.org in 2015, The Cost of Our Water, won a second-place Headliner Award from the Atlantic City Press Club in the radio documentary category. He co-produced a two-part story on construction worker deaths with Cindy Rodriguez in 2008 that won a a Best Enterprise Reporting prize from Public Radio News Directors Inc. Schuerman has also contributed to other public radio shows, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and Reveal. An article he wrote on the de-industrialization of New York City was included in the 2007 book, The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World's Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town? (Princeton Architectural Press).
Schuerman came to radio from The New York Observer, where he also covered economic development. Earlier, he was an associate editor at Worth Magazine, and free-lanced for The Village Voice, Fortune, City Limits, and other publications. He began his journalism career at The Day, a daily in New London, Connecticut, covering town news, schools and higher education.
A native of Chicago, Schuerman graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude. He received a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Matthew Schuerman appears in the following:
1968: Fifty Years Later
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
De Blasio Takes (Some) Responsibility for Commissioner Confusion
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Bill Would Open New York's Streets to E-Bikes & E-Scooters
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
New Bill Aims to Prevent Businesses from Going Cashless
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Treatment of Grad Student in UAE Leads to Outcry at NYU
Friday, November 23, 2018
Public Housing Residents Suffer Without Heat Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Friday, November 23, 2018
Number of New Yorkers Unable to Afford Enough Food Decreases
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Immigrant Groups Have a Special Reason to Oppose Amazon's Move
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Amazon's Future Neighbor Views Company's Plan Eagerly ... and Cautiously
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
City's Homeless Plan Isn't Keeping Pace
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Behind the Scenes, Poll Workers Tried to Save Election Day
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Does the First Amendment Apply to Immigrants Facing Deportation?
Monday, October 29, 2018
Six Years Later, an Innovative Sandy Program Yields Resilience (and Lots of Frustration)
Monday, October 29, 2018
Hotel Union Seeks Concessions to Allow On-the-Job Voting
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Mayor's Office Sent Out 30,000 Letters with Inaccurate Voting Information
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Another Chance to Reform New York's Inane Property Tax System
Thursday, October 18, 2018
NYC Officials Work to Make NYCHA Units Winter-Ready
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Police Seek 12 in Proud Boys Brawl in Manhattan
Monday, October 15, 2018
Number of Homeless Students Rises by Nearly 3 Percent in New York City
Monday, October 15, 2018
Experts, Agencies Suggest NYC Open Data Law Lacks Resources
Friday, September 28, 2018
