Matthew J. Friedman - Senior Producer
Matthew J. Friedman
Senior Producer
Matthew J. Friedman is an award-winning journalist and CNN Senior Producer based in New York. He covers conflict, civil unrest, and gun violence as well as breaking news stories in the U.S. and around the world.
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Los Angeles County district attorney election results add pall of uncertainty over possible release of Lyle and Erik Menendez
Nov 19, 2024
The prosecutor who has unseated progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a closely watched election said Wednesday that he may seek a delay in the move to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their convictions for murdering their parents.
Incoming Los Angeles County district attorney could ask to delay Menendez brothers’ resentencing
Nov 6, 2024
Nathan Hochman, who just won election for Los Angeles County district attorney, says he could ask to delay a hearing to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced.
LA County district attorney sends letters requesting clemency for Menendez brothers
Oct 31, 2024
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón “strongly supports” Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid for clemency and has written letters on behalf of each brother to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, he announced Wednesday.
Man claiming to be Uvalde shooter’s uncle begged authorities to let him talk him down during the shooting, 911 call reveals
Aug 11, 2024
A man claiming to be the uncle of Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos called 911 during the May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School and begged a dispatcher to connect him with his nephew in hopes that he could help end the situation.
Text messages reveal police conversations following the Uvalde school shooting
Aug 11, 2024
More than two years after the deadly massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the city released files related to the shooting on Saturday.
Exclusive: ‘I believe I watched him die,’ says former inmate as murder charges filed against Missouri corrections officers
Jul 2, 2024
Five former corrections officers are facing a combination of assault, manslaughter, and murder charges over the December 8, 2023 death of Othel Moore Junior, a former inmate at a maximum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, according to newly released indictments.
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Five Missouri corrections officers were charged in the death of an inmate. This man says he witnessed it all.
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Jun 30, 2024
Five former corrections officers are facing a combination of assault, manslaughter, and murder charges over the December 8 death of Othel Moore, a former inmate at a maximum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, according to newly released indictments.
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Struggling Millennial homeowner: I didn’t need my degree
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Jan 19, 2024
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota sat down with two millennial families who say they’re reconsidering what the “American Dream” really means.
Inside New York’s migrant crisis: A father smiles to hold back tears as he looks for help that’s costing the city billions
Sep 27, 2023
Thousands of asylum seekers are finding help – a place to stay, medical care, food – at a closed-down hotel that’s New York City’s new Ellis Island.
Lexi Rubio’s mom and dad are trying to give her a legacy beyond being a school shooting victim. But all they want is to see her again
May 22, 2023
Each morning Felix Rubio helps his wife Kim get their younger kids ready for school. Then every day he visits the child he can’t help anymore – the daughter slaughtered with her friends at Robb Elementary.
Mothers wanted to watch horrific footage of their children escaping the Robb Elementary massacre. Here’s why we showed them. And why they want others to see
May 22, 2023
One year on from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, moms of surviving children still had questions – what had their sons and daughters gone through?
‘So much blood’: Medics tell what they saw and did after Uvalde massacre
Mar 19, 2023
Among the medics who responded to the Robb Elementary massacre was a local EMT who treated three children at the same time and her off-shift colleague who found herself caring for her son’s classmates, not knowing if her own boy was alive.
Memphis squashed its SCORPION unit but many other cities rely on special squads, even after their own controversies
Jan 31, 2023
Memphis moved quickly to shut down its SCORPION police unit but across other major American cities, such teams remain common and have been for decades.
Exclusive: Uvalde school police chief told investigators why he didn’t try to stop gunman: ‘There’s probably going to be some deceased in there, but we don’t need any more from out here’
Jan 11, 2023
CNN exclusive: In a never-before-seen interview, school police chief Pete Arredondo said he prioritized saving students in other classrooms before those trapped with a shooter.
Sources: As DPS investigation of Uvalde response nears end, two officials face increased scrutiny
Dec 16, 2022
Texas Department of Public Safety investigators looking into the botched response at Robb Elementary School have become increasingly troubled by the actions of two officials – former Uvalde schools police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo and former Uvalde Police Lt. Mariano Pargas – according to law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation.
State documents appear to indicate Uvalde Sheriff Nolasco has not completed active shooter training
Dec 13, 2022
Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco does not appear to have completed an active shooter training course, according to documents CNN obtained Monday from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, the regulatory agency for peace officers in Texas.
About
Matthew J. Friedman is an award-winning journalist and CNN Senior Producer based in New York. He covers conflict, civil unrest, and gun violence as well as breaking news stories in the U.S. and around the world.
Most recently, Friedman received the prestigious Peabody and George Polk Awards for his investigative work with Shimon Prokupecz exposing the police failure at the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. He was also a part of the CNN team recognized with a Columbia-duPont Award for their work in Ukraine in 2022.
Before joining CNN’s New York Bureau he was a producer at CNN International covering global news stories like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, gang violence and the presidential assassination in Haiti, and the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. He also field produced weeks of special coverage in Subsaharan Africa and the Middle East with Richard Quest. He joined CNN in 2014 as a writer covering business news from the New York Stock Exchange and the economic fallout across Europe from Brexit and the Greek debt crisis.
Friedman grew up in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Political Science and International Relations.
