Shirley Leung is a columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe.

She writes on a range of issues from the intersection of business and politics, to gender and diversity issues in the workplace. She has been a three-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary, and has appeared on Boston Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People in Boston.” 

Shirley is also a contributor to WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio” and “Greater Boston,” as well as a regular guest on New England Cable News.

Previously, Shirley served as the Globe's interim editorial page editor. She also has been the Globe’s business editor, where she oversaw its award-winning coverage of the 2008 financial crisis.

Prior to the Globe, Shirley was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal. A graduate of Princeton University, she started her career at her hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun.