Michael D. Shear | |
|---|---|
 Shear at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Education | Claremont McKenna College (BA) Harvard University (MPP) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Employer | The New York Times |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (2007) |
Michael D. Shear is an American journalist who is aWhite House correspondent forThe New York Times.[1] He previously worked atThe Washington Post, where he was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered theVirginia Tech shooting in 2007. He regularly appears onCNN andMSNBC.[2][3]
Raised in theSan Francisco Bay Area, Shear attendedHomestead High School inCupertino, California.[4] Shear received a Bachelor of Arts degree fromClaremont McKenna College in 1990 and a Master's in public policy from theJohn F. Kennedy School atHarvard University.[5]
Shear's reporting career began in 1989, when he was a junior in college and interned at theLos Angeles Times' Washington bureau covering hearings on Capitol Hill and other high-profile stories, including the trial ofOliver North and the anniversary of cameras in Congress.[citation needed] After graduation, he worked briefly as a reporter for theSan Jose Mercury News before returning to full-time education to pursue a degree in public policy.[6]
He returned to reporting by first writing forThe Tampa Tribune before taking up a more permanent role as a metro reporter atThe Washington Post in 1992.[citation needed] He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for coverage of theVirginia Tech shootings.[7]
In 2010, Shear moved to the Washington bureau ofThe New York Times as a political correspondent. He coveredBarack Obama's re-election campaign in 2012 and in 2013 returned to his role as a White House correspondent for theTimes. He covered the2016 presidential election.[8] After the election, Shear reported on domestic policy and PresidentDonald Trump.[citation needed] He also made regular appearances as a political commentator on radio and television.[9]
His book,Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration, co-written withJulie Hirschfield Davis, was published bySimon & Schuster in October 2019.[10]
Shear lives with his wife and two teenage children in Virginia.[11]
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