Matthew Schuerman has worked at WNYC since December 2007, as reporter, newscast editor, and most recently, senior editor with a special focus 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.
He is also the author of the forthcoming Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents (University of Chicago Press, November 2019), a chronicle of gentrification in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. 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 covered economic development. Earlier, he was an associate editor at Worth Magazine, and freelanced 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:
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
By
Matthew Schuerman : Senior Editor, WNYC
A proposal to remove all undocumented immigrants from public housing was never implemented.
Thursday, January 07, 2021
By
Fred Mogul : Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News
The state's been expanding the types of people eligible for COVID vaccines to those who work in neighborhod doctor's offices and community clinics.
Friday, January 01, 2021
By
Karen Yi
While the recreational use of marijuana was supposed to be legal in New Jersey by now, the reality is far less clear.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
Peter Malvan spent seven years living on the streets of New York, but during the COVID-19 pandemic his life changed dramatically.
Friday, December 18, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
The city’s economic recovery is lagging behind the nation’s as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Second-generation Chinese New Yorkers are bringing their tech savvy to their families' businesses.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The first employees received vaccines on Wednesday at two hospitals that serve some of the city's most vulnerable residents.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
The Marriott will lay off 850 employees from its hotel in Times Square, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, December 11, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
Since the pandemic started, hundreds of homeless New Yorkers have left the streets and subways, places where they, in many cases, lived for years.
Thursday, December 03, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
More than 110,000 New York City students were homeless during at least one point during the last school year, according to a new report.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
A judge has decided that the city can move ahead with its plan to relocate homeless men who've been staying at the Lucerne hotel on the Upper West Side.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
The Pilgrims didn't exactly 'invite' their Native American counterparts to their harvest feast in 1621. Nor was it exactly the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
The Legal Aid Society has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over lack of internet access in homeless shelters.
Friday, November 20, 2020
By
Fred Mogul : Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News
COVID-related hospital admissions have tripled since September, and seasonal flu cases are also on the rise.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
Mayor de Blasio's decision to halt all in-person learning at New York City's public schools is particularly challenging for homeless families living in shelters.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
By
Fred Mogul : Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News
Until recently, the city's contact tracers could complete their call assignments each day—or at least try. But that was when there were hundreds of people to call, not thousands.
Monday, November 16, 2020
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Fred Mogul : Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News
Conflicts over mask wearing and social distancing reach into many corners of the cultural scene—including the metro area's lively tango scene.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
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Fred Mogul : Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News
Mayor de Blasio said he'd reconsider how open city should remain, if it passed 550 cases a day. We're now around 1,000—but hospitalizations are surprisingly low.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
By
Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News
One-third of families with children in the New York metro area haven’t paid their rent in recent months, according to a new report.
Monday, November 09, 2020
By
Arun Venugopal : Reporter, WNYC News
Centrists in the Democratic party blame the S-word for losses on Election Day.