Matt Pearce

Matt Pearce is Director of Policy for Rebuild Local News. For several years, he was president and co-founder of the Media Guild of the West, one of the fastest-growing unions of The NewsGuild-CWA, representing journalists in Southern California, Arizona, and Texas. A former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, Pearce contributed to the paper’s 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of racist comments by Los Angeles city officials. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and received the Sí Se Puede Award from NAHJ and the President's Award from SPJ in 2024 for his press freedom advocacy.