Mathew Schumer - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I am a freelance journalist and photographer, based in Washington, DC, originally from Newtown, Connecticut. Since 2024, I have regularly contributed to the Washington City Paper, reporting on crime and the justice system in the District of Columbia. My byline is also featured in the Baltimore Sun, OpenSecrets, the Capital Gazette, InkStick.

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Total articles 69

• Local News Shouldn’t Rely on Algorithms-That’s Where You Come In

  By Mathew Schumer Verified, Teresa Frontado, Abigail Higgins, Maddie Poore| The 51st Verified Hundreds of thousands of people in D.C. don’t know The 51st exists … yet. Every time we pop up at events around the city, we meet people who loved DCist and were devastated when it shut down — people who light up when they hear about what we’re building. DCist’s audience was massive. (Around a million monthly visitors at its peak!) Those readers — and other District residents — are still out there looking for local news. There’s just so much news that needs covering.

  By Mathew Schumer Verified, Teresa Frontado, Abigail Higgins, Maddie Poore · The 51st

  Feb. 11, 2025

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Company Info

Capital News Service

Capital News Service is a student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. For 25+ years, we have provided deeply reported, award-winning coverage of issues that are important to Marylanders. The student-powered news organization reports from bureaus in Annapolis, Washington and College Park at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.