Matthew Stanmyre
@MattStanmyre
Enterprise, projects and investigative reporter for NJ Advance Media, serving http://NJ.com + The Star-Ledger. Tips: [email protected].
My childhood best friend was shot and killed when he was 16. His name was Jay Randall. Twenty-one years later, I went searching for answers for why he died. This is what I found. projects.nj.com/jay/
Investigative journalism from @KSargeantNJ & @MattStanmyre uncovered the growing problem of predator coaches invading youth sports. Now our bipartisan bill to #ProtectChildren is making progress w/@SenatorJoeVita1 & @TonyBucco signing on.
N.J. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle introduced a companion bill to @JayWebberNJ's legislation requiring coaches and private trainers to receive criminal history record background checks, w/ @MattStanmyre nj.com/news/2025/07/p…
News: Predatory coaches lurk on youth sports teams. Here’s N.J.’s plan to stop them. w/@KSargeantNJ nj.com/news/2025/07/p…
News: Controversial N.J. charter school with high-paid superintendent fighting state to stay open nj.com/education/2025…
Does the world have room for one more Ace Bailey take before draft day? Probably not. But I covered him at Rutgers, and I think he's going to make the NBA executives who passed on him look like dopes. Column: nj.com/rutgersbasketb…
First we made schools safer by preventing predators from moving district to district. Now after the investigation by @KSargeantNJ & @MattStanmyre, we're looking to make sports safer by increasing checks on those closest to our young athletes. njassemblygop.com/CivicAlerts.as…
News: Gov. Murphy is ‘deeply disturbed’ by NJ.com reports on predator coaches in youth sports nj.com/news/2025/06/g…
News: Lawmakers pledge major changes after NJ.com report on predator coaches. Impact reporting w/@KSargeantNJ nj.com/news/2025/06/p…
Part 2 of our investigation: Sex offender registries are failing to prevent crimes and protect young athletes. We found that of 118 N.J. coaches accused of sex crimes since 2015, only 14 are in public sex offender registries. nj.com/news/2025/06/p…
A former gymnastics coach didn't appear in databases for convicted sex offenders until @MattStanmyre and @KSargeantNJ started asking why he wasn't in them. More great reporting that should concern you if you're a parent with kids in youths sports. nj.com/news/2025/06/p…
New investigation: Over the past 10 years, 118 N.J. coaches have been accused of sexual misconduct. They say youth sports have become a breeding ground for child predators, no one realizes how bad the problem is, and few are doing anything about it. nj.com/news/2025/06/p…
Youth sports breed sexual predators in N.J. New look-up tool reveals staggering data. nj.com/news/2025/06/p…
For the first time in nearly decade, the same high school won boys and girls basketball state titles. But it didn't happen at the type of place you would think. Welcome to Hoopsville, N.J. nj.com/highschoolspor…
News: 72-yo umpire who had his jaw broken by angry coach gets $650K settlement nj.com/news/2025/06/y…
A con man’s luxury car scam was ruining lives, she said. Then she took him down. nj.com/hudson/2025/06… #nj #cars #fraud
News: School with N.J.’s highest paid superintendent ordered to close nj.com/education/2025…
