Photos

A working journalist, on assignment.

A working gallery: on assignment, on the road, in the briefing room, and around the reporting that became Border Wars.

Michael D. Shear portrait
Profile portraitMichael D. Shear.
Michael D. Shear reporting in a crowd
On assignmentReporting in the field.
Michael D. Shear holding a copy of Border Wars
Border WarsPortrait with the book.
View from the White House colonnade toward the Washington Monument
White HouseA view from the job.
President Obama at the White House briefing room lectern
Briefing roomCovering the presidency.
Copies of Border Wars displayed in a bookstore
Book tableBorder Wars on display.
Michael D. Shear and others at a campaign or reporting stop
Campaign trailOn the road.
Michael D. Shear on an airport tarmac
Travel dayReporting between stops.
Michael D. Shear working on a laptop outdoors
WritingFiling from wherever the story is.
Donald Trump in a television still
Media frameA political moment on screen.
A black and white cat on a sidewalk
Off dutyEvery reporter needs a witness.

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