About Me

I am a longtime California journalist and communications specialist who lives to tell stories, especially if they are related to film, cars, sports, travel, politics, pop culture, clean water, outer space ... OK, just about any topic. My original dream was to be a combination writer and pro baseball player like Tom Seaver, who "authored" an Arrow Book my mom bought me in fourth grade. Still waiting for that call, MLB!

Here are places where you can find content I have created:

https://www.ocweekly.com/author/mcoker/

https://www.pressrush.com/author/9651285/matt-coker

https://muckrack.com/matt-coker-1

https://traveltips.usatoday.com/rv-resorts-orange-county-california-51900.html

https://traveltips.usatoday.com/rv-parks-wrightwood-california-50601.html

Here are references to some journalism awards I have received:

http://orangecountypressclub.com/category/awards/

https://www.ocregister.com/2015/05/19/register-takes-home-more-than-40-awards-at-orange-county-press-club-gala/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-03-me-50258-story.html

Here is others' coverage of my work:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/05/21/nbc-lays-it-on-line/d1bad5a5-e28d-4acd-8a70-911c58cc4b56/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/people-tapie-the-antique-furniture-and-his-motherinlaw-1438089.html

https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1994/05/25/traverses-l-editorialiste-et-la-petite-voleuse_3829301_1819218.html

http://www.oexplorador.com.br/um-mentiroso-paranoico-que-causou-um-mal-irreparavel-aos-estados-unidos-adeus-e-ja-vai-tarde/

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/228707419/

http://kaichenblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/chinese-american-protesters-seeing-red.html

http://episconixonian.blogspot.com/2011/

https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/tell-went-rogue-no-idea-immediately-fired/