Matt Laslo’s a veteran congressional correspondent, professor, writer and in-demand public speaker. Based in Washington, he’s been covering campaigns and every aspect of federal policy since 2006.

At the Capitol, Matt operates The LCB (Laslo Congressional Bureau) — a regionally-focused, national wire service that brings the Capitol to life for millions. The LCB has served 65+ local NPR member stations, two Pulitzer Prize winning regional news outlets, alt-weeklies and online startups.

From 2010-2015, Matt was the political correspondent for WAMU (DC’s NPR station). His longtime client National Native News continues holding a special place in his heart.

In 2023, Matt also founded Ask a Pol — a new, people-powered press corps. It now boasts an active community of thousands of subscribers, and is growing daily.

Since 2019, Matt’s been a WIRED magazine contributor, covering everything from data privacy and crypto to Big Tech and UAPs (aka UFOs).

Matt’s data privacy coverage for WIRED has been quoted in 20+ law reviews, including the Duke Law and Technology Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, University of Illinois Chicago Law Review, etc. His Section 230 work is also quoted in FCC filings and books—like Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy (Oxford Univ. Press, 2022) or Internet Law (Grey House Publishing, 2020). It’s also assigned at NYU, UNC Chapel Hill, DePaul, UT Austin Law School, et.

Over the years, Matt’s also been a regular contributor with VICE News, VICE News Tonight (HBO), Rolling Stone, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Playboy, et. His beats have included marijuana (including moderating Aspen Ideas Festival’s first-ever cannabis panel), coal, climate, oil and gas, Indian Country, gun violence, health care, mass incarceration, opioid crisis, horse racing, the intersection of music & politics, etc.

Since 2009, Matt’s served on the board of the Regional Reporters Association where he helps represent the dwindling numbers of local reporters based in Washington.

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In 2011, Matt graduated cum laude from the Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Government program — where he’s been an adjunct political communications professor since 2016. He’s taught journalism at Boston University (BA & MA) and the University of Maryland (BA). And he taught strategic public relations at George Washington University (MA) in 2018, 2019 and 2020.  

He can be found on most all social media platforms as @MattLaslo.

He’s also reported for The Atlantic, Billboard, Campaigns and Elections Magazine, The Chattanooga Courier, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Fast Company, GEN Medium, The Guardian (op-eds under his professor cap),  The Metro (Philadelphia edition), MJ Biz Journal, NBC Think (non-partisan opinion vertical), Newsweek, The News of Delaware County, On Tap Magazine, The Omaha World-Herald, Outlaw Report, OZY.com, The Trace, This American Life, Thompson Reuters (op-eds), USA Today and Washingtonian Magazine, et.   

Over the years, Matt’s proudly trained 45+ interns who have gone on to the likes of Atlanta-Journal and Constitution, Alaska Public Media, Virginia Public Radio, WGBH (Boston NPR), WBEZ (Chicago NPR), Columbus Business First, Columbus Dispatch, Cox Media, Hearst Television, CNN, Fox News, CBS, Wash. Post, NPR, Marketplace, Vermont Public Radio, Sunlight Foundation, WSKG (Binghamton, NY NPR), WUSA-TV (DC), Columbia Journalism School, Reuters, etc.  

Matt’s also the creator and host of Bills & Brews.

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