David Shribman - Bio

After ten years as the Washington Bureau Chief of The Boston Globe, David Shribman became executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2003. Mr. Shribman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1995 for his coverage of Washington and the American political scene. His column, "National Perspective," is syndicated to more than 50 papers nationally through Universal Press Service of Kansas City and he is a Contributing Editor of Fortune magazine.

Before joining The Globe he served as national political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Prior to that, he covered Congress and national politics for The New York Times and was a member of the national staff of The Washington Star. He began his career at The Buffalo Evening News, where he worked on the city staff before being assigned to the paper's Washington bureau.

Mr. Shribman is a frequent analyst for BBC Radio. As a Washington newsman, he had been a regular panelist on the PBS show Washington Week in Review, and appeared on the CBS program Face the Nation. He continues to lecture at colleges throughout the country.

I Remember My Teacher, published in 2002, is David Shribman's collection of reminiscences about America's greatest teachers. The book includes recollections from people from all walks of life, from John F. Kerry and Donald H. Rumsfeld to a West Virginia coal miner and a Montreal bookseller, from flight attendants to governors and senators. It was featured on National Public Radio and in several national publications and led to a one-a-day calendar version.

He has been married to Cindy Skrzycki, a Washington Post financial columnist, for 26 years and they live in Pittsburgh with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Natalie.