Shira Toeplitz is the Politics Editor for Roll Call, “The Newspaper of Capitol Hill,” based in Washington, D.C. One of the beltway’s best campaign reporters and analysts, she has covered politics from Alaska to New Hampshire and everywhere in between for nearly a decade.
Known for her expertise, versatility, and comfort across media platforms, Toeplitz regularly breaks news, pens long-form stories, and appears on television and radio outlets around the country. During her tenure at Roll Call, Shira was the first national reporter to interview Sen. Al Franken after his election, and the last to do an extended interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin before she was selected as the GOP nominee for vice president.
An authority on Congressional races, Toeplitz spearheaded Roll Call’s coverage of the decennial redistricting process following the U.S. Census. She possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the demographics and geography of Congressional districts and she can articulate the intricacies of voting rights laws in digestible and interesting ways.
She uses social media to enhance and promote this work, whether she is filing for Roll Call’s politics blog, the newspaper, her own Tumblr or Twitter following. She pioneered a reported campaign road trip on Roll Call’s first news microsite. In 2012, she served as an invited panelist at SXSW, the premier national technology conference in Austin, on the state of political journalism.
A frequent guest on cable news programs, Shira has offered commentary on political campaigns for ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, C-SPAN and CNN. She regularly guest hosts “Showdown 2012,” on XM’s politics station, POTUS. Shira has also worked at POLITICO and National Journal’s The Hotline.
Shira has been a featured speaker at events for her alma mater, Northwestern University, spoke on political journalism to the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University, plus guest lectured on politics at American University and Georgetown University. She regularly speaks to Running Start, a non-partisan program for collegiate women in politics, and serves on that group's Advisory Council.
Shira graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in political science, earning honors for her thesis on gender and communication strategies in politics.
Shira hails from Pittsburgh and is an avid Steelers fan. She lives in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood with her fiancé and cat, who are also Steelers fans.
Known for her expertise, versatility, and comfort across media platforms, Toeplitz regularly breaks news, pens long-form stories, and appears on television and radio outlets around the country. During her tenure at Roll Call, Shira was the first national reporter to interview Sen. Al Franken after his election, and the last to do an extended interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin before she was selected as the GOP nominee for vice president.
An authority on Congressional races, Toeplitz spearheaded Roll Call’s coverage of the decennial redistricting process following the U.S. Census. She possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the demographics and geography of Congressional districts and she can articulate the intricacies of voting rights laws in digestible and interesting ways.
She uses social media to enhance and promote this work, whether she is filing for Roll Call’s politics blog, the newspaper, her own Tumblr or Twitter following. She pioneered a reported campaign road trip on Roll Call’s first news microsite. In 2012, she served as an invited panelist at SXSW, the premier national technology conference in Austin, on the state of political journalism.
A frequent guest on cable news programs, Shira has offered commentary on political campaigns for ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, C-SPAN and CNN. She regularly guest hosts “Showdown 2012,” on XM’s politics station, POTUS. Shira has also worked at POLITICO and National Journal’s The Hotline.
Shira has been a featured speaker at events for her alma mater, Northwestern University, spoke on political journalism to the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University, plus guest lectured on politics at American University and Georgetown University. She regularly speaks to Running Start, a non-partisan program for collegiate women in politics, and serves on that group's Advisory Council.
Shira graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in political science, earning honors for her thesis on gender and communication strategies in politics.
Shira hails from Pittsburgh and is an avid Steelers fan. She lives in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood with her fiancé and cat, who are also Steelers fans.
