Background
Shapiro, Walter Elliot was born on February 16, 1947 in New York City. Son of Salem Seeley and Edith Geraldine (Herwitz) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Walter Elliot was born on February 16, 1947 in New York City. Son of Salem Seeley and Edith Geraldine (Herwitz) Shapiro.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1970; postgraduate, University of Michigan, 1970-1971.
Reporter Congressional Quarterly, Washington, 1969-1970. Editor Washington Monthly, 1972-1976. Special assistant United States Secretary Labor, Washington, 1977-1978.
Presidential speechwriter The White House, 1979. Reporter Washington Post, 1979-1983. General editor Newsweek, New York City, 1983-1987.
Senior writer Time Magazine, 1987-1993. White House correspondent Esquire magazine, 1993-1997. Political columnist United States of America Today, 1995—2004.
Fellow Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Kennedy School Government Harvard University, Boston, 2005. Chief Washington bureau Salon.com, since 2006. Contributing editor Washington Monthly, since 1976.
Member of White House Correspondents Association, Judson Welliver Society, Author's Guild.
Married Meryl Gordon, August 24, 1980.
