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Matt Hughes

Director, Editorial and Narrative Strategy

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Matt Hughes is the director of editorial and narrative strategy at Roosevelt, where he leads the editorial team in shaping and producing publications, op-eds, speeches, and newsletters.

Matt recently worked on Roosevelt and the New Republic’s How to Save a Country podcast, and was previously a researcher in the Office of Joseph E. Stiglitz at Columbia University. His work has been covered by the New York Times, Politico, and Vox, and he is a contributing author of Creating Justice in a Multiracial Democracy: New Will for Evidence-Based Policies That Work (Teachers College Press, 2024). Matt holds an MPA in urban and social policy from Columbia University and a BA in economics and politics from New York University.