Meet Elizabeth Shockman
Elizabeth Shockman is an education reporter for MPR News covering K-12 education.
Elizabeth started her journalism career at The Moscow Times in Moscow. She also worked at Reuters and the BBC in Russia before returning to Minnesota where she worked at Public Radio International, WCCO and as a producer at MPR News.
Elizabeth’s reporting has received several distinctions and awards, including first place in the education feature category from the Public Media Journalists Association, multiple Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One Awards, and an award of merit from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association’s Eric Sevareid Awards.
Elizabeth obtained her K-12 education through a combination of public school, one year of private school and eight years of home schooling. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Elizabeth lives in a suburb of St. Paul with her family, including two grade-school kids and an overabundance of houseplants.
For book recommendations, stories and occasional garden photos, you can find Elizabeth on Instagram. She’s also on LinkedIn, Threads and BlueSky.
Recent Contributions
- Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
- Parent: Proposed Minneapolis school closures will disrupt learning, drive more families away
- Minneapolis Public Schools proposes closing schools amid budget challenges
- School board tenures shrink amid partisanship, generational change
- Should Minnesota let schools start whenever they want? Late Labor Day rekindles debate
- Months after ICE raids, Fridley starts new school year with more kids, new concerns
- Beauty and the heat: Minnesota State Fair garden crews bring the green
- Children’s book highlights a real-life friendship during Minnesota’s first school integration
- 'Unimaginably difficult': How Annunciation is rebuilding sense of safety at school after tragedy
- St. Paul Academy head resigns after parent sues school
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