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Matt Smith is a reporter for Reveal, covering religion. Smith's two-decade career in journalism began at The Sacramento Union in California. He went on to positions at newspapers in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Twin Falls, Idaho; Fairfield, California; and Newport News, Virginia. Between 1994 and 1997, Smith covered Latin America as a reporter in Dow Jones & Co.'s Mexico City bureau. For 14 years, he was a lead columnist at Village Voice Media in San Francisco. He came to Reveal from The Bay Citizen. Smith holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Before his career in journalism, Smith was a professional bicycle racer. He is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.

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A woman carries a box out of the post office in the wintry landscape of Toksook Bay.
Posted inAccountability

Fear of a census undercount

by Matt Smith and Lance Williams February 1, 2020June 30, 2021

Anti-immigrant sentiment, partisanship and untested technologies risk a historic undercount in 2020, which could distort U.S. politics and spending for a decade.

A collage illustration places a vintage cartoon about the census, featuring uncle sam saying "it's time to measure yourself again" to a bear, over a map of the Southern United States.
Posted inAccountability

Don’t count on the census

by Al Letson, Priska Neely, Esther Kaplan, Matt Smith, Taki Telonidis, Lance Williams, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Will Carless, Mwende Hinojosa and Najib Aminy February 1, 2020June 30, 2021

As the 2020 census approaches, experts warn the count will be inaccurate. A look at why the census is struggling and whether efforts to save it can work.

Posted inThe Trump Era

Russian-American business exec with ties to Trump is drawn into impeachment inquiry

by Matt Smith and Lance Williams October 5, 2019June 30, 2021

Claiming he was a Trump adviser, the executive and his lawyers sought the U.S. Embassy’s help in recovering assets from the Ukrainian government

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Posted inAccountability

The happiest cats on earth

by Matt Smith April 26, 2019June 30, 2021

There’s a nationwide battle pitting cat lovers against wildlife biologists and public health officials. It’s playing out at Disneyland.

Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era

Why we’re suing the Beverly Hills school district

by Lance Williams and Matt Smith March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

The Beverly Hills Unified School District claims it doesn’t possess a single document about meetings its top officials held in Washington, D.C.

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The ultimate test of Trump’s local cronyism is playing out in Beverly Hills

by Lance Williams and Matt Smith January 9, 2019June 30, 2021

Los Angeles is digging a subway route under Beverly Hills High School. A local power player is counting on the president to kill it.

Posted inKids on the Line

Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite warning signs

by Will Evans, Lance Williams and Matt Smith August 8, 2018June 30, 2021

Just as Texas stopped sending foster children to centers operated by one man, the U.S. government tossed him a new source of money: immigrant kids.

Posted inImmigration, Kids on the Line

Judge orders government to release immigrant kids from troubled shelter

by Lance Williams and Matt Smith July 31, 2018November 29, 2018

A federal judge rules that the government should remove immigrant kids from a troubled Texas facility and stop drugging them without consent.

Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era

Key player in Trump’s bizarre mansion deal went on to work for ‘prince’ accused of scams

by Lance Williams and Matt Smith July 3, 2018November 29, 2018

New details on His Highness Prince Jamal Al Noaimi provide insights into a key player in a mysterious 2008 Beverly Hills real estate deal.

Posted inImmigration, Inequality, Kids on the Line

Ripped apart: Families separated at the border

Emily HarrisFernanda Camarena by Reveal Admin, Taki Telonidis, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Aura Bogado, Neena Satija, Emily Harris, Fernanda Camarena, Katharine Mieszkowski, Brett Myers, Andy Donohue, Matt Smith, Patrick Michels, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Laura Starecheski June 23, 2018July 1, 2021

On this episode of Reveal, we untangle the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration crackdown.

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