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:
Where did 20,000 Jews hide from the Holocaust? In Shanghai
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Meet the artist who just turned 100 years old — and is finally having his moment
Sunday, July 09, 2023
This artist stayed figurative when art went abstract — he's finally recognized, at 99
Sunday, January 01, 2023
Officials search for solutions to exploding electric bike batteries
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally
Sunday, October 30, 2022
A Supreme Court artist retires after 45 years documenting judicial history up close
Saturday, October 08, 2022
This artist gets up to her neck in water to spread awareness of climate change
Friday, September 09, 2022
Professional landscapers are reluctant to plug into electric mowers due to cost
Saturday, July 30, 2022
What does a black hole sound like? NASA has an answer
Saturday, May 28, 2022
We never got good at recycling plastic. Some states are trying a new approach
Friday, May 27, 2022
An interview 21 months delayed: Patti LuPone talks 'Company' back on Broadway
Saturday, December 04, 2021
New York Will Lose One Congressional Seat, But It Could've Been Worse
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Under Biden, Refugee Admissions In NY & NJ Plummet
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Despite Working In Hotspots, Correctional Officers Fall Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination Rate
Monday, April 12, 2021
Former HUD Official Admits To Violating Hatch Act With RNC Video
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Comparing NY and NJ's Marijuana Legalization Efforts
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
SoHo Upzoning Represents Rare Effort In Wealthy Area
Monday, March 29, 2021
Latest Round Of New York State's Rent Relief Program Reaches Few People
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Homeless Spending Ends Up On City Comptroller's Watch List Again
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Communities Hit Hardest By The Pandemic Face Higher Rates Of Eviction Filings, Report Says
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
