Interim Editorial Page Editor
Shirley Leung is a columnist writing on everything from the intersection of business and politics to gender issues in the workplace. She is also a WGBH contributor to “Boston Public Radio” and “Greater Boston,” as well as a regular guest on New England Cable News.
She was a finalist in 2015 and 2017 for the Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary.
Previously, Leung was the Globe’s business editor, where she oversaw its award-winning coverage of the 2008 financial crisis. Prior to the Globe, Leung was a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal. A graduate of Princeton University, Leung started her career at her hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun.
She is a working mom of two and lives in Milton with her husband who is also a journalist.
Latest stories
SHIRLEY LEUNG
On GE, Baker and Walsh were smart — but also got lucky
By Shirley Leung , Globe Staff
For the state, the deal was as much a bet on GE as it was on South Boston real estate.
SHIRLEY LEUNG
Who wants to be the next Partners CEO? Anyone?
By Shirley Leung , Globe Staff
The board shouldn’t stick with the Partners Way, which is plucking a doctor from one of its teaching hospitals.
Honorable Mentions
The Massachusetts politicians who actually got something big done: Paid family leave
By Shirley Leung ,
It took more than a year of negotiation, but legislators Paul Brodeur and Jason Lewis achieved one of the nation’s best family and medical leave acts.
Shirley Leung
Entercom made the right call with Kirk Minihane
By Shirley Leung , Globe Staff
Listeners and advertisers will thank the broadcasting behemoth for cleaning up the airwaves.