Matt Laslo

Based on Capitol Hill, the veteran journalist has 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 focused on serving political news deserts and assisting shrinking newsrooms nationwide. The LCB has served 65+ local NPR member stations, two Pulitzer Prize-winning regional outlets, alt-weeklies, regional newspapers, online startups and national magazines. From 2010-2015, Matt was the political correspondent for WAMU (DC’s NPR station), and his longtime client National Native News continues holding a special place in his heart.

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.

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

Matt also teaches at the Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Government program.