Joan Shorenstein was an American journalist for The Washington Post and producer for CBS News.
10 Facts About Joan Shorenstein
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Joan Shorenstein died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 38.
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Joan Shorenstein's father was born Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism.
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Joan Shorenstein had two siblings: Broadway producer Carole Shorenstein Hays and real estate investor Douglas W Shorenstein, the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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Joan Shorenstein obtained her degree from Mills College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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Joan Shorenstein later did graduate work at Harvard Divinity School.
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Joan Shorenstein began working for The Washington Post with no prior journalism experience.
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Joan Shorenstein left the Post in 1973 and began working for CBS News.
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Joan Shorenstein quickly worked her way up after just a year, becoming the associate producer of Face the Nation, and in 1979 she was appointed to producer.
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In 1985 Joan Shorenstein died of breast cancer and the following year, her parents donated $5 million to Harvard University to establish what is known as the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.