SHIRA TOEPLITZ CENTER ’01
Shira is a political editor at The Boston Globe, where she oversees a team of reporters who cover City Hall and the presidential election. Previously, she served as the politics editor and a writer for CQ Roll Call, Capitol Hill’s top news source on Congress. In 2014, Shira was a resident fellow at The Institute of Politics at Harvard University – one of the youngest professionals ever to receive that honor. At Harvard, she hosted and produced a weekly seminar on gender, media and the 2014 midterm elections. Shira regularly appears on cable news and radio programs to offer political commentary and analysis. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2005, earning honors on her senior thesis.
“I wouldn’t be nearly as confident today if it weren’t for the lessons and life skills I learned at Ellis: critical and creative thinking, the importance of doing your homework, and the courage to question absolutely everything.”
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