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
- In southern Minnesota, small-town schools plan as fears of Trump deportations rise
- State Supreme Court tosses suit tied to Minneapolis teachers of color and layoffs
- A new book traces the history of ballet in Minnesota
- St. Francis school board gets pushback on controversial book buying plan
- Edina superintendent picked to head St. Paul schools
- St. Paul schools set to pick next superintendent
- Minnesota special education costs climbing rapidly as more students qualify for services
- Pine City school district to pay $65K to student who was racially harassed
- As Minnesota school absences climb, lawmakers focus on possible policy fixes
- 5 things to know about Minneapolis schools’ effort to solve its budget crisis