Business columnist
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
It’s time to clear a path through the political gridlock for a test of congestion pricing
By Shirley Leung , Globe Columnist
If Boston moves ahead with congestion pricing, it’s going to need the state’s help, and you can already sense political gridlock setting in.
Former interim Boston schools chief to lead early education provider
By Shirley Leung, Jon Chesto and Tim Logan , Globe Staff
Laura Perille – who recently served as interim superintendent of the Boston Public Schools – will become the next chief executive of Nurtury, a 140-year-old institution that is one of the biggest providers of early education and care in Greater Boston.
SHIRLEY LEUNG
Black Friday has become ‘Black November’
By Shirley Leung , Globe Staff
With a later-than-usual Thanksgiving, retailers have been pushing “door buster” discounts for weeks in an effort to get people to start their holiday shopping.
NBC Boston reporter says she was fired for failing to disclose her relationship with a police chief
By Shirley Leung , Globe Staff
The station won’t comment, but Karen Hensel’s departure raises questions about conflicts of interest and the line between private and professional lives.