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'''Eliza Shapiro''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2012|12]] was the editor-in-chief of [[Bwog]] for 2010. She made headlines with [[Operation Ivy League]], and also came up with the recurring feature called [http://bwog.com/tag/boringside-heights/ Boringside Heights].

==Family==
Eliza's dad [[Michael Shapiro]] teaches at the J-school, while her mom [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Chira Susan Chira] is an assistant managing editor of ''[[The New York Times]]''. Her uncle, Shakespeare scholar [[James Shapiro]], and aunt, biology professor [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/e3b/faculty/shapiro.html Jill Shapiro], also teach at Columbia. 

Thanks to those connections, Eliza got to have her bat mitzvah party in Lerner.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2007/12/09/your-source-for-up-to-the-minute-shapiro-bar-mitzvah-coverage/ Bwog post on Shapiro bar mitzvah]</ref>

==Journalism Career==
While a student at Columbia, she interned at ''[[wp:The New York Observer|The New York Observer]]'' and freelanced for [[Capital New York]], where she published a feature about [[Moodygate]].<ref>[http://capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/02/5204638/distant-president-and-mysterious-mckinsey-report-send-columbias-lib?page=all Article about Moodygate] After graduation, she worked for a year at The Daily Beast, until Capital (re)hired her to report on New York City politics.<ref>[https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/385425058786574336 Tweet announcing her return to Capital]</ref>

{{succession|preceded=[[James Downie]]|succeeded=[[Claire Sabel]]|office=Bwog Editor|years=2010}}

[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Shapiro]]
[[Category:Class of 2012|Shapiro]]
[[Category:Bwog editors|Shapiro]]

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://bwog.com/2012/05/16/senior-wisdom-eliza-shapiro/ Eliza's Senior Wisdom]
*[http://capitalnewyork.com/users/eliza-shapiro/ Eliza's articles for Capital]
*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/eliza-shapiro.html Eliza's author page on The Daily Beast]
*[http://observer.com/author/eliza-shapiro Eliza's author page on the ''Observer'']