Shannon Pettypiece is an American print and broadcast

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

. She is currently Senior White House Correspondent for

NBC News Digital NBCNews.com, formerly known as msnbc.com, is a news website owned and operated by NBCUniversal as the online arm of NBC News. Along with original and wire reporting, it features content from NBC shows such as ''Today'', ''NBC Nightly News'', ''M ...

Early life

Pettypiece grew up in

Lake Orion, Michigan Lake Orion ( ) is a village in the northern outskirts of Metro Detroit in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The population was 2,973 at the 2010 census. "Lake Orion" can refer to either the village or the much larger Orion Township, of w ...

, where she attended Lake Orion High School. At age 5, she began showing horses competitively and was involved in

4-H 4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development". Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times ...

as well as her high school and college equestrian teams. She attended the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

where she was a reporter and editor at ''

The Michigan Daily ''The Michigan Daily'', also known as "''The Daily''", is the independent student newspaper of the University of Michigan published in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Established on September 29, 1890, the newspaper is financially and editorially independe ...

'', the university's student-run newspaper. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in political science with a focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a woodworker.

Journalism career

Pettypiece's first journalism job was as an intern for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' in Washington, D.C. She later worked as a stringer for ''The New York Times'' in Detroit. She has covered local government for '' Miami Today News'' and health care and technology for Crain's Cleveland Business. In 2006, she joined ''Bloomberg News'' in Washington covering the Food and Drug Administration. She later moved to New York where she took over coverage of the pharmaceutical industry. She has also been a contributor to ''

Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

''. While at Bloomberg, she interviewed the chief executives of the world's largest health care companies, including Pfizer, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, and Eli Lilly. Her reporting has taken her to China, where she went inside Chinese hospitals, research labs, and homes for a four-part series on the country's evolving health care system. In 2010, she became a correspondent for

Bloomberg TV Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by diversified information and media private company Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, rea ...

, covering the healthcare industry. As of July 3, 2019, she is a senior White House reporter for

NBC News NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. The division operates under NBCUniversal Media Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a subsidiary of Comcast. The news division's various operations r ...

Digital.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pettypiece, Shannon Living people American television news anchors American television reporters and correspondents Bloomberg L.P. people People from Lake Orion, Michigan University of Michigan alumni Journalists from Michigan American women television journalists Journalists from New York City 1981 births The Michigan Daily alumni 21st-century American women