| David Shipley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 Portland, Oregon |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times |
David Shipley is an American journalist. He is currently executive editor[1] of Bloomberg View, overseeing its editorial page and its associated columnists and op-ed contributors. He was picked for this position in December 2010[2] and jointly launched Bloomberg View with James P. Rubin in May 2011.
Shipley previously was deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed editor of The New York Times, a job he assumed in January 2007, concurrent with Andrew Rosenthal being promoted from deputy to editorial page editor. Shipley had been Op-Ed editor since January 2003. Previously, he was the national enterprise editor for The Times since January 2001. Before that, Shipley was senior editor of The New York Times Magazine from December 1999 until December 2000, and deputy editor of the Magazine's Millennium Project from April 1998 until November 1999.
Shipley served in the Clinton Administration from 1995 until 1997 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Presidential Speechwriter. He had been the executive editor of The New Republic Magazine from 1993 until 1995. Shipley first began at The Times in September 1990 as an assigning editor for the Op-Ed page. He received a B.A. in English from Williams College and was the recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He was born in Portland, Oregon in 1963 and has two children with former wife Naomi Wolf (they divorced in 2005). In 2007 he and Will Schwalbe wrote a book named "send" that talks about how to email, and the correct way to do so.