Shane Goldmacher, Journalist
EXPERIENCE
National Journal, Washington, DC
Senior Political Correspondent (November 2014-present); Congressional Correspondent (November 2011- November 2014)
-- Cover the 2016 presidential campaign, blending enterprise reporting, breaking news and contextual analysis, for the web and weekly magazine
-- Produce investigative work that focuses on the intersection of money and politics; work has resulted in Congress reversing itself on travel disclosure rules
-- Conceive and execute feature-length magazine narratives, identifying new trends, profiling key Washington players, and providing fresh behind-the-scenes understanding of key events and the people who shape them
-- Previously covered Capitol Hill and congressional campaigns
Los Angeles Times, Sacramento, CA
Staff Writer, (June 2009 to October 2011)
-- Led coverage, online and in print, of state budget and California’s fiscal crises, with focus on forward-looking analysis, breaking news and enterprise work
-- Covered 2010 governor’s race, initiative campaigns and other statewide contests, with focus on campaign finance and accountability journalism; stories resulted in overdue taxes paid, sweetheart contracts abandoned and taxpayer money refunded by legislators
The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
Reporter, (December 2006 to May 2009)
-- Launched Capitol Alert, the paper’s political portal; built email subscriber base of more than 20,000; authored daily 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. subscriber emails and news posts throughout day; coded in HTML
-- Focused on enterprise reporting for print edition, covering the role of money, and special interests, on Capitol policymaking and politics. Work resulted in rewritten regulations and appointee resignations
Capitol Weekly, Sacramento, CA
Reporter, (August 2005 to December 2006)
-- Covered California government and elections, with emphasis on intersection of money and politics
-- Ran independent blog, The California Observer, on daily political events
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
-- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Minor in Education, May 2005
-- Editor, Berkeley Political Review, nonpartisan campus magazine
FUN
-- Slow-pitch softball, running, hiking, cooking, burritos, visiting state Capitols, hole-in-the-wall Chinese food, Cal football and the (2010 and 2012 and 2014 World Champion) San Francisco Giants