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Matt Laslo

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The LCB, Medium, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, MSN UK, Daily Mail, MSN India, 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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Matt Laslo’s Biography

Based on Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo’s a veteran journalist, consultant and new media Lecturer (55+ guest lectures; cited in 100+ law reviews, books & journals).

Laslo’s been Correspondent for WIRED, VICE, Rolling Stone, VICE News Tonight HBO, Daily Beast, Playboy, WAMU, etc.

He runs Washington’s only regionally-focused, national wire service, The LCB, which has delivered tailored reporting to 60+ local NPR stations, five Pulitzer Prize winners, award-winning alt-weeklies and trusted regional papers.

LCB coverage was highlighted in Raw Story’s winning 2023 EPPY Award & 2024 Folio Award submissions. Laslo regularly breaks cannabis news for clients like Marijuana Moment & Outlaw Report.

In 2023, Laslo founded Ask a Pol — a best-selling interactive political journalism startup on Substack.

Laslo’s been a political communications and journalism Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University (MA), UMD (BA), GW (MA) and Boston University (MA/BA). He’s a leading voice on the intersection of artificial intelligence, partisanship and the media.