Michael D. Shear is a White House correspondent. Recently his work has focused on the impeachment trials, but he also writes about domestic policy.

Shear graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1990 and went on to earn his Master degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Shear has worked for the New York Times since 2010. Before that he was a reporter at The Washington Post, where he wrote about state politics, school districts, and Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Shear was part of the team that covered the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings which eventually garnered a Pulitzer Prize.

I want to follow Shear this semester because I found myself drawn to his pieces as I was trying to learn about the impeachment trial. He is concise in his message, yet includes many details so that the reader fully understands what he is writing about.

His paragraphs are often very short and he transitions well, not spending too long on any one detail. He also includes many quotes from relevant people. I think this shows that he is able to reference valuable sources and keep his story fair in the midst of a party-divided impeachment.

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