Background
Kauffman, Matthew was born on October 5, 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
Kauffman, Matthew was born on October 5, 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
In 1979, Matthew attended Vassar College, where he reported for the College Newspaper.
From a very young age, Kauffman was fascinated with journalism, earning him a job at his local newspaper. In 2003, Kauffman received accolades for his series on Drug company scandals. After winning Reporter of the Year at the Courant, and twice being a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award, Kauffman was promoted to the investigative desk.
He uncovered questionable ticket deals at the UConn athletic department.
The highly paid basketball coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma and others were secretly trading tickets for cars. Kauffman has made an appearance on the The O"Reilly Factor, where he talked about the legal, but sleazy, practices of charity executives and the percentage of donations that they keep.
The four part series, entitled "Mentally Unfit, Forced to Fight", gained national renown. They talked with broadcast, cable, internet, and print journalists about what they found and Kauffman was featured in an evening network newscast—American Broadcasting Company World News Sunday on May 14, 2006.
The story was also a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
After graduating Vassar with a major in Political Science, Kauffman married Wendy Nelson Kauffman and moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Then, he wrote a weekly column known as the “Inside Pitch” and monthly reviews on As seen on television products.
Married Wendy Nelson-Kauffman. 2 children.