Early life
Elsa Walsh grew up in an Irish-Catholic family with five siblings. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and began her career as a journalist in 1980.Career
Walsh has worked as a staff reporter for ''The Washington Post''. In 1989 she and her fellow reporter Benjamin Weiser were finalists for the Pulitzer prize for their 1988 "series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts," according to the prize committee. The four-article series investigated the role of judges in hiding important safety information from the public through approving confidentiality agreements and sealing court records. In 1995 she published her book ''Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of 3 Accomplished Women'', in which she interviewed three women regarding their "experiences juggling marriage and a career". The women interviewed for the book were ''Personal life
Walsh is married to ''The Washington Post'' journalist Bob Woodward. The two met at the ''Post'', and wed in 1989. The two of them were featured in the 2020 book ''What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life'' by Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas. Walsh has also appeared on the television series '' Barefoot Contessa'', as a guide to host Ina Garten on a trip to Washington DC. Walsh has one daughter with Woodward, Diana, and a stepdaughter, Tali.References
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