Scott Shields is an American
blogger and
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*Democratic Party (United States)
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political activist. Born in
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...
in 1978, he grew up in
Morris County, NJ and graduated from
Montville Township High School. He rose to prominence in 2005 as a front-page writer for
MyDD covering, among other topics,
health care politics
Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society".World Health Organization''Health Policy'' accessed 22 March 2011(Web archive)/ref> According to the ...
,
labor rights
Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, these rights influen ...
, and the
2005 New Jersey Governor's race.
In 2006, Shields was employed with the campaign of
US Senator Bob Menendez
Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. Gale Biography In Context. A member of the Democratic Party, he was firs ...
in
New Jersey. During the campaign, his work was profiled in ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', ''The Record'' of Bergen County, and ''The New Yorker''.
He was named one of the years' "Top Political Operatives" by the website PoliticsNJ.com.
His writing can also be seen on MyDD,
DailyKos,
BlueJersey, and other prominent blogs.
References
1978 births
Living people
American bloggers
People from Englewood, New Jersey
Montville Township High School alumni
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