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:
Legendary Contralto Marian Anderson's New York Roots
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Brooklyn Hospital Turns Parking Lot Into Housing
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
NYC Is Paying for Thousands of Homeless Families to Move Out of the City
Monday, March 25, 2019
NJ Commiittees Just Say 'Yes' to Marijuana Legalization
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
NYCHA's Fixes Might Require Even More Money Than de Blasio Thinks
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
How an African American Neighborhood on Long Island Saved Itself
Monday, March 11, 2019
Newark Failed to Inspect Dozens of Kids' Apartments Thought to Have Lead
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Abandoned Gun, Moldy Bread Pudding and 'Unrecognizable' Hamburgers Found in New Jersey Immigrant Lock-up
Friday, February 15, 2019
Public Housing Residents See Improvements Already From Patton's Visit
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Amazon-NYC Rom-Com Takes Dramatic Plot Twist
Friday, February 08, 2019
HUD Administrator Lynne Patton to Get First-Hand Look at Public Housing
Thursday, February 07, 2019
Newark Mayor Objects To New York's Homeless Relocation Program
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
New York's Public Housing Faces Federal Takeover Threat
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
For Uber & Lyft Drivers, Congestion Costs Money
Friday, January 25, 2019
Investigators Find No Orgy, but Plenty of Misconduct at Housing Complex
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Shutdown Causes Confusion Among Landlords and Tenants Relying on Federal Rental Assistance
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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
