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Michael D. Shear is an American journalist who is a
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correspondent for ''
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''. He previously worked at ''
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'', where he was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the
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in 2007. He regularly appears on
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.


Early life and education

Raised in the
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, Shear attended Homestead High School in
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. Shear received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
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in 1990 and a Master's in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School at
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.


Career

Shear's reporting career began in 1989, when he was a junior in college and interned at the ''
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'' Washington bureau covering hearings on Capitol Hill and other high-profile stories, including the trial of
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and the anniversary of cameras in Congress. After graduation, he worked briefly as a reporter for the ''
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'' before returning to full-time education to pursue a degree in public policy. He returned to reporting by first writing for ''
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'' before taking up a more permanent role as a metro reporter at ''The Washington Post'' in 1992. He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for coverage of the
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. In 2010, Shear moved to the Washington bureau of ''The New York Times'' as a political correspondent. He covered
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's re-election campaign in 2012 and in 2013 returned to his role as a White House correspondent for the ''Times''. He covered the 2016 presidential election. After the election, Shear reported on domestic policy and President Donald J. Trump. He also made regular appearances as a political commentator on radio and television. His book, ''Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration,'' co-written with Julie Hirschfield Davis, was published by
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in October 2019.


Personal life

Shear lives with his wife and two teenage children in Virginia.


References


External links


Michael D. Shear on Twitter
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shear, Michael Claremont McKenna College alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Living people The Washington Post people The New York Times people 21st-century American journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Homestead High School (California) alumni