David Shuster

David Shuster is a dayside msnbc anchor and regular substitute anchor for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” David Shuster was host of msnbc’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” from December 2008 – April 2009. The Emmy award-winning journalist has covered the nation's capitol for 16 years and is based in Washington, D.C.

In 2008, Shuster anchored msnbc's 4pm broadcast and served as regular back-up host for “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” and “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”  Shuster anchored the network’s breaking news coverage, including reports on the Mumbai terror attacks and nine straight hours of live coverage of Hurricane Ike as the storm came ashore and threatened Houston.

From 2002-2008, Shuster's primary responsibility at msnbc had been as the "Hardball correspondent."  Shuster filed more than 700 taped stories for msnbc's premiere Washington show, leading “Hardball's” reporting on everything from campaign politics to the CIA leak investigation to Hurricane Katrina.  Shuster has also reported for “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” and has traveled extensively for NBC News and msnbc.  He reported live from Doha, Qatar at the start of the Iraq war; Baghdad, Iraq during Iraq's first elections; Rome, Italy during the convocation of the new Pope; and Biloxi, Mississippi as the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed overhead.

In August 2006, Shuster was awarded the prestigious “Bugle Award” by the 1.3 million member organization Disabled American Veterans.  The annual honor recognizes journalists who bring attention to disabled veterans.  Shuster won for his extensive coverage of the 2005 National Disabled American Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Aspen, Colorado, including an hour long special that aired on MSNBC.

From 1996 - 2002, Shuster was a Washington, D.C. based correspondent for the Fox News Channel. He was at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and led Fox’s coverage of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. During the Clinton administration, Shuster led Fox’s coverage of the Clinton investigations including “Whitewater,” the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Starr report, and the Senate impeachment trial.

From 1994 - 1996, Mr. Shuster was a political reporter for KATV (ABC) Little Rock, Arkansas. He led the station’s coverage of “Whitewater,” including the indictments, trial, and convictions of Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker.  Shuster’s reporting on a manufactured housing scandal earned him a regional Emmy Award for investigative journalism.

Shuster began his journalism career in CNN’s Washington, D.C. bureau. From 1990 - 1994, he was an assignment editor and field producer, helping CNN cover the Persian Gulf War and the 1992 Presidential election campaign.

David Shuster is a native of Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan.  He is married to Julianna Goldman, a White House reporter for Bloomberg News.