Matt Katz (born July 4, 1978) [1] is an American journalist.
Katz works for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio, and has written for Politico, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic. He was previously a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Courier-Post and the Daily Record. [2] [3] He is known for his coverage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. [3] [2] He ran The Christie Tracker for New Jersey Public Radio. [4] [5]
Katz was a member of a WNYC team that won a 2015 Peabody Award for its series on Governor Christie entitled, "Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power." [2] He won the Livingston Award for International Reporting for a series on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. [4] [6]
Katz is the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption, a political profile of Chris Christie published on January 19, 2016 by Simon & Schuster. [7] [2] [8] [9]
In 2022, Katz won the October Sidney Award for obtaining and publishing never-before-seen images of the squalid and lethal conditions at Rikers Island. The story was published on WNYC and its sister digital outlet, Gothamist. [10]
Prior to becoming a political journalist, Katz was known as South Jersey's Carrie Bradshaw when he wrote a dating advice column. [11]
He is Jewish and asserts that he suffered anti-semitic harassment as a result of reporting critically on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. [12]
Katz is the son of Roberta and Richard Katz of Roslyn, New York. He married Deborah Anne Hurwitz in 2008. [13]
Katz has an undergraduate degree in Political Communication from George Washington University. He is member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. [14]
For me, it took just a few days of reporting on Trump before I was called a 'Kike.' Then, my name was posted inside triple parentheses.
Matt Katz (born July 4, 1978) [1] is an American journalist.
Katz works for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio, and has written for Politico, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic. He was previously a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Courier-Post and the Daily Record. [2] [3] He is known for his coverage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. [3] [2] He ran The Christie Tracker for New Jersey Public Radio. [4] [5]
Katz was a member of a WNYC team that won a 2015 Peabody Award for its series on Governor Christie entitled, "Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power." [2] He won the Livingston Award for International Reporting for a series on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. [4] [6]
Katz is the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption, a political profile of Chris Christie published on January 19, 2016 by Simon & Schuster. [7] [2] [8] [9]
In 2022, Katz won the October Sidney Award for obtaining and publishing never-before-seen images of the squalid and lethal conditions at Rikers Island. The story was published on WNYC and its sister digital outlet, Gothamist. [10]
Prior to becoming a political journalist, Katz was known as South Jersey's Carrie Bradshaw when he wrote a dating advice column. [11]
He is Jewish and asserts that he suffered anti-semitic harassment as a result of reporting critically on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. [12]
Katz is the son of Roberta and Richard Katz of Roslyn, New York. He married Deborah Anne Hurwitz in 2008. [13]
Katz has an undergraduate degree in Political Communication from George Washington University. He is member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. [14]
For me, it took just a few days of reporting on Trump before I was called a 'Kike.' Then, my name was posted inside triple parentheses.