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
- ‘Crisis’ ebbs: Minnesota student mental health rebounds post-pandemic
- Anoka-Hennepin teachers set strike authorization vote
- Minnesota schools back families as Trump’s anti-immigrant comments stoke new fears
- Minnesota teacher licensing head: Reporting system needs changes to keep kids safe
- Minnesotans backed more than half of school finance requests
- Election spending spikes for school board races in Anoka-Hennepin district
- State settles with Osseo school district over student sexual harassment case
- Minneapolis teachers vote to authorize strike
- Teacher showed ‘predatory grooming behaviors’ with Eagan High girls, police detective concluded
- Feds say Minnesota’s trans athlete policy violates civil rights law