Matt Katz is an investigative reporter, journalist and podcast host who has worked in newspapers, magazines, TV and audio for more than two decades, reporting on everything from local school boards to presidential elections to natural disasters. As an on-air reporter and host at WNYC and NPR for 11 years, he won several awards for watchdog reporting, including a 2022 Sidney Award for publishing never-before-seen images of squalid conditions at jails on Rikers Island in New York. For many years he covered former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, first for The Philadelphia Inquirer and then WNYC, winning a Peabody Award for a series of stories about the Bridgegate scandal that rocked Christie's political career. His book, American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2016.
In 2024 he created, wrote, and hosted an autobiographical podcast, Inconceivable Truth, that hit the Top 10 on the charts on Apple Podcasts, where it has more than 2,000 reviews and 4.8 stars. Vogue Magazine named "Inconceivable Truth" one of the best podcasts of 2024. Matt's reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, PBS, The Washington Post, and Politico Magazine. Once upon a time, he wrote a nationally syndicated dating column.
Matt is currently executive producer of City Cast Philly, a daily news-and-culture podcast and newsletter about Philadelphia.
