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.

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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