Maralee Schwartz

Maralee Schwartz spent more than two decades as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post. She began her career as a journalist at the Washington Monthly. She joined the Washington Post in 1979 as a researcher on the national staff, eventually becoming a political reporter. During the 1992 general election, Schwartz moved onto the assignment desk, editing political stories, and on Election Night, was named congressional editor. After the 1996 election, Schwartz became national political editor, responsible for all national political coverage as well as coverage of the White House. In 2006 after more than 27 years covering national stories, Schwartz was named deputy business editor in charge of corporate governance, white collar crime and the markets. In the fall of 2007, Schwartz was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics. She was also the Visiting Murrow Lecturer in the Practice of Press and Politics at the Kennedy School in the fall of 2008. She taught a course titled “How Politicians Connect with Voters: The 2008 Presidential Campaign.” While at the Shorenstein Center, her research focused on nonprofit journalism.