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Mark Shields Born May 25, 1937
Weymouth, MassachusettsNationality USA Alma mater University of Notre Dame Occupation journalist Known for political analyst, journalist Mark Shields (born May 25, 1937) is an American political columnist and commentator.
Since 1988, Shields has provided weekly political analysis and commentary for PBS’ award-winning PBS NewsHour. His current sparring partner is David Brooks of The New York Times. Previous counterparts were the late William Safire, Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal and David Gergen. Shields is also a regular panelist on Inside Washington, the weekly public affairs show that is seen on both PBS and ABC. For 17 years, Shields was moderator and panelist on CNN’s Capital Gang.
Early life and career
Shields was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts in an Irish Catholic family.[1] He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1959. He served as an enlisted man in the United States Marine Corps before coming to Washington in 1965, where he became an aide to Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire. In 1968, Shields went to work for Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. He later held leadership positions in the presidential campaigns of Edmund Muskie and Morris Udall, and was political director for Sargent Shriver when he ran for vice president on the Democratic ticket in 1972. Over more than a decade, he helped manage state and local campaigns in some 38 states, including incumbent Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Kevin White's successful re-election campaign in 1975.
In 1979, Shields became an editorial writer for The Washington Post. He began writing a column the same year that is now distributed nationally by Creators Syndicate. He’s covered the last 11 presidential campaigns and attended 17 national party conventions.
Shields has taught American politics and the press at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Public Policy, and he was a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy Institute of Politics.
He’s the author of On the Campaign Trail, about the 1984 presidential campaign.
See also
References
- ^ Shields, Mark (August 18, 2009). "My Kind of Sermon". Creators Syndicate. http://www.creators.com/opinion/mark-shields/my-kind-of-sermon.html.
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