Matt Thomas Email & Phone Number

Matt Thomas has worked as both a Director of Communications and a broadcast journalist in Dallas/Fort Worth for over 20 years. His career started right out of high school with internships at two radio stations. He then moved to New York City, where he attended college and spent time interning at some of the biggest radio stations and network news operations in the country. Matt returned to North Texas, where he continued his broadcast career as an airborne traffic reporter and news anchor. In 2005, he accepted a position as a full-time street reporter and anchor at the NewsRadio station in Houston. There, he covered several high-profile stories, including all of the Enron fraud and conspiracy trial, the Andrea Yates murder retrial and Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. He returned to North Texas in late 2006 to accept a position at KRLD radio and the Texas State Network. Matt’s street reporting, anchoring and leadership skills in his more than decade at the station resulted in numerous Texas Associated Press Broadcasters and Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism. Most recently, he was named, “Best Reporter” by the Texas AP Broadcasters and he received the prestigious Charles E. Green award by the Headliners Foundation of Texas for his on-scene coverage of the deadly attack on police officers in Dallas in July 2016. After leaving broadcast news briefly he began working as Communications Director for Downtown Dallas, Inc. “I can’t think of a better way to continue to share stories that have an impact than joining the DDI team and using new media platforms to highlight the great things that are happening in Downtown Dallas and the surrounding districts.” Matt produced and hosted more than 200 original shows in conjunction with DDI and former CEO and current Vice Chairman John Crawford during a critical period of transition for the city’s core. Each Sunday on KRLD, Pulse of the City highlighted an area of Downtown Dallas and surrounding districts experiencing new development and activity.

Listed skills include Broadcast, Breaking News, Radio, Storytelling, and 43 others.

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  News Anchor

  Houston Public Media

  Jul 2022 - Present - Houston, Texas, United States

  Guiding morning drive at the Texas Public Newsroom and appearing on @npr around the state.