Matt Dowling

You’re on the clock: Try @njdotcom's 2026 interactive NFL mock draft — and compare with our experts. A fun feature on our site, created by @mattjdowling: nj.com/sports/2026/04…

This one was hard to write. I've known Todderick for nearly 20 years, since he was cutting his teeth covering Rutgers recruiting through recent years covering culture and race. He was an incredible guy and a great reporter. I'll miss him a lot. nj.com/sports/2025/09…

Special report for @njdotcom: Landfills! Ten of #NewJersey’s 12 major landfills want to expand or have already begun to enlarge. Together, they are set to grow by 89 million cubic yards, which equals more than 27,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. nj.com/atlantic/2025/…

Our TikTok acount is up for a @TheWebbyAwards in the news and politics category! 🥳 We need your vote in the people's choice category of the #Webbys. 🗳️ Cast your vote for us right here: l.nj.com/c5g5qj

Project for @njdotcom: BEAVERS! I spent over a year tracing the history of the beaver in #NewJersey and centering the war one small suburban town has had with the rodents. edt: @jessbeym, amazing video @AndreMalok, and illustrations via Halsey Berryman 🔗 projects.nj.com/beavers/

Latest charter scandal: These married N.J. school leaders make nearly $600K running a small school in Newark, N.J. They also live in Florida. nj.com/education/2024…

The unsolved 1989 Stuart murder in Princeton, an Ivy League mystery —- is now Free. nj.com/news/2024/09/l…

Precious cargo: How safe is your kid’s school bus? N.J. inspection reports revealed. nj.com/education/2024…

So this has been a project of mine for over a year, an unsolved murder in Princeton - the Stuart Murder. It's the deepest of dives, and lots of new information and details. Launches June 5 nj.com/news/2024/05/f…

Here’s a story about an anonymous person I’ve been calling my Public Records Wario because they exploit public access to police video in such a creepy way that it could undermine public access writ large in New Jersey. nj.com/news/2024/02/c…

Inside a death trap. Radio transmissions and internal incident reports give a never-reported account of the desperate, hour-by-hour response to the Port Newark ship that killed 2 Newark #firefighters. Part 2 of our series. nj.com/news/2023/11/a…

They had no training in shipboard firefighting. Some said they had never even been on a ship. When fire struck, everything went wrong. First in our 3-part series looking into the July 5th Port Newark, #NJ fire that killed 2 #firefighters. nj.com/news/2023/11/w…

N.J. photographer captures image of fireball meteor streaking across mid-Atlantic region nj.com/news/2023/09/n…

We got a sneak peek of the Atlantic City Airshow at 12,700 feet! See what’s its like to ride with the U.S. Army “Golden Knights” parachute team.✈️

Are Jersey Shore boardwalk games scamming you? We investigated. nj.com/news/2023/06/c…

My latest and hardest-hitting investigation: After a Jersey Shore boardwalk game operator was given a 10-year ban in a basketball overinflation scandal, @sweilem_amira and I obtained and examined five years worth of violation notices. This was fun! nj.com/news/2023/06/c…

Rare vacant oceanfront lot goes on the market at Jersey Shore for $14M nj.com/realestate-new…

The woman who escaped. How accused kidnapper’s twisted trail of terror finally ended in N.J. nj.com/burlington/202…

If you have not read this piece, you’ve missed a good one. In the Ironbound - nj.com nj.com/food/2022/11/i…

Leonid meteor shower 2022 peaks this week. Best times to see November’s bright fireballs. nj.com/news/2022/11/l…