The-Voice.com has established a reputation in its three years for public-sector investigative journalism, earning national acclaim for its truth-obsessed, document-based reporting and grassroots civic activism. Ascribing strictly to the rigorous quality standards of the Google News Initiative (GNI), the platform utilizes the vast sea of raw public records and court filings to expose systemic malfeasance without the sanitizing filter of corporate press releases or curated interviews and quotes. Recognizing this innovative architecture, Google selectively drafted The Voice from a global pool of news platforms to participate in a master class for its deep-dive journalism tool, Pinpoint.
Matthew Hallock, the founder of The Voice, is an investigative creative director, publisher, and dedicated civic advocate. Operating at the intersection of journalism and structural activism, Hallock is deeply committed to both surfacing buried truths and actively driving community remediation. To gain an uncompromised insider’s perspective on institutional operations, he stepped into the political arena as a non-affiliated candidate in races for State Senator in Fairfield County, CT and First Selectman in his hometown of Fairfield. This unique "journalist-candidate" vantage point produced an explosive series of exposés peeling back the layers of Connecticut’s insular electoral process. His ongoing manuscript, The Fixing of Connecticut, expands on these findings to reveal a 75-year-old system of governance that quietly permeates all 169 municipalities across the state.
Prior to anchoring The Voice, Hallock combined his career as a creative director at NYC ad agencies with academia, teaching on the collage level as an adjunct professor at Yale University, School of Visual Arts (SVA), Fairfield University, and others. Through this dual expertise, he engineered an integrated educational model that seamlessly merged a high-output agency with an immersive apprentice residency. From a multipurpose building colloquially known as The Ad House, the intensive training program graduated over 100 apprentices who now populate today’s creative industry. The Voice marketing capabilities continue to help Fortune 500 enterprises and hyper-local businesses Sell More Stuff.
Hallock collaborates with Solar the Spokesdog, who speaks for all plants and animals, including people.
Together, they combine hard-hitting truths with humor and optimism to challenge the status quo while inspiring a collective call to action. Through his aspirational tone and fearless storytelling, Hallock channels the power of common sense and community to empower everyday people to shape a sustainable world worth living in—and leaving behind.