Mark Shields

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Mark Stephen Shields (born May 25, 1937) is an American political columnist and commentator. Since 1988, Shields has provided weekly political analysis and commentary for the PBS NewsHour.

His current on-screen counterpart 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 was also a regular panelist on Inside Washington, a weekly public affairs show that was seen on both PBS and ABC until it ceased production in December 2013.

For 17 years, Shields was moderator and panelist on CNN's Capital Gang.

Early life and education

Shields was born on May 25, 1937, and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in an Irish Catholic family, the son of Mary (Fallon), a schoolteacher, and William Shields, a paper salesman, who was involved in local politics. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.

Personal life

Shields married Anne Hudson, who is a lawyer and former civil service official at the United States Department of the Interior, in 1966. The couple have a daughter, Amy, and two grandchildren.

Shields died from kidney failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on June 18, 2022, aged 85.

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Career

Shields enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Florida in the early 1960s. He was a lance corporal before being released in 1962.

Shields, a member of the Wisconsin State Department, was based in Washington, D.C., from 1965, first serving as an aide to Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire. Shields was a student at Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. He served as a leader in Edmund Muskie and Morris Udall's presidential campaigns, as well as Sargent Shriver's campaign as Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1972. He was responsible for state and local campaigns in 38 states, including incumbent Boston mayor Kevin White's successful re-election bid in 1975.

Shields became an editorial writer for The Washington Post in 1979. He began writing a column in the same year that was distributed nationally by the Creators Syndicate. He covered 12 presidential bids and attended 24 national party conventions. At the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, he taught U.S. politics and journalism. In addition, he was a fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics.

Shields served as a regular political commentator on the PBS NewsHour from 1988 to 2020. After the December 18 edition, anchorwoman Judy Woodruff revealed on the December 14, 2020, edition of the NewsHour that Shields will leave the show as a regular analyst. Woodruff said that he would remain an occasional contributor to the NewsHour during critical political news and events during Shields' last regular appearance on December 18.

Shields was the author of On the Campaign Trail, a 1984 presidential campaign.

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