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Matt Laslo

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The LCB, Medium, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, Daily Mail, MSN India, MSN UK, Reuters, The Guardian, USA Today and
Covers:  AI, tech, crypto, data privacy, guns (40+ mass shootings), Indian Country, artificial intelligence, criminal justice, opioids, marijuana (moderated Aspen Ideas Fest’s first-ever cannabis panel), etc.
Journalist, prof. & public speaker. My wire service: www.thelcb.com/ My startup: askapolpolitics.com
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Awards

2024 Folio Award

2024 - Best Public Policy News

"Editor-in-Chief Dave Levinthal and congressional correspondent Matt Laslo took top honors in the public policy news category for a data-driven deep dive that revealed how the Senate Ethics Committee had failed to punish any of its Senate colleagues during its last 1,523 tries. "The topic and investigative approach to the data earned this story high marks," judges wrote," according to Raw Story's release.* *Raw Story is a client of Matt Laslo's wire service, The LCB.

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EPPY Award

2023 - Best News/Political Blog

"An investigation by Editor-in-Chief Dave Levinthal and congressional correspondent Matt Laslo into failures by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics to issue a single formal punishment in 16 years, despite fielding 1,523 complaints and launching 204 preliminary inquiries into alleged misdeeds among senators and Senate staffers," Raw Story Publisher Roxanne Cooper shared with readers.* *Raw Story is a client of Matt Laslo's wire service, The LCB.

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Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association

2014 - Outstanding Spot News

“Shooting on Capitol Hill” - breaking news award for live reporting during the 2013 Capitol shooting that ended with a mentally ill mother being shot to death with her infant in the back seat.* *a mom was killed for my 1st “trophy,” so I refuse to refer to myself as “award-winning”

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Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association

2013 - Outstanding News Series

Outstanding News Series Rebecca Blatt, Jonathan Wilson, Matt Laslo, “Federal Spending and the D.C. Area”

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Shorty Awards

2010 - Finalist 2010 Shorty Awards

EconomyStory.org: Outside of finance, but still in the realm of news in the public interest, The Diane Rehm Show @DRShow and Matt Laslo @MattLaslo of Capitol News Connection were both finalists in the news category. Washington, D.C. radio legend Diane Rehm shares inside views of her guests, like health care expert and NIH director Francis Collins, and asks listeners to answer questions on relevant news topics. Matt Laslo at Capitol News Connection gives real-time updates from his reporting escapades on Capitol Hill. A recent adventure found him hearing about Texas Independence Day: "Did you know it’s Texas Independence Day? Me neither, until Cornyn (R-TX) started talking about it on the Senate floor.

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