Michael Shure Biography
Michael Shure is an American journalist currently working as a national correspondent for Nexstar Media Group’s national newscast on NewsNation. Prior to joining Nexstar, Shure was the Senior National Correspondent and Anchor for i24NEWS and an original member of, and regular host on The Young Turks.
Michael was the host of the network’s online 2012 election show, twenTYTwelve. Moreover, he hosted Current TV’s The War Room with Michael Shure, a one-hour political commentary program that aired live Monday through Thursday. Later on. Shure joined AL Jazeera America as the station’s chief Political Correspondent until its closure in 2016.
Shure was born and raised in New York City. He attended Trinity School in New York City and the University of Virginia. During the 1988 presidential elections, Shure was Florida press secretary for the Dukakis/Bentsen presidential campaign. He is also an alumnus of the NBC Page program as well as a correspondent of the short-lived show CNN NewsStand.
Shure joined The Young Turks, a multi-platform political discussion show, as a host and correspondent in 2002. In 2011, he moved from the show to Current TV, where he worked as a political correspondent and guest host.
He took over as host for former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm and the show, which was previously known as The War Room, in February 2013. The War Room with Jennifer Granholm was replaced by The War Room with Michael Shure until August 2013, when the show was canceled along with the rest of Current’s live programming in order to prepare for the network’s transition to Al Jazeera America.
Shure joined i24NEWS, the US part of the international Israel-based news network, as Senior National Correspondent and Anchor in 2017. Shure has starred in the movie The Thing Called Love, House Party 3, and Showgirls as an actor. He also had an appearance on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm in an episode.
Michael Shure Age
How old is Michael Shure? Michael is 57 years old as of 2023. He was born on April 18, 1966, in New York, New York, the United States of America. In addition, Michael celebrates her birthday on April 18th every year.
Michael Shure Wife
Is Michael married? Shure has kept his marital affair away from the public domain. It is therefore not known whether he is married although he is a father of his son.
Apart from being a lovely father, Michael is also an active advocate for gay rights and tweets regularly in support of gay rights. In one of the tweets he shared in 2013, Michael urged the incumbent US chief justice John Roberts to grant his gay brothers and sisters the rights they deserved and warned him not to mess it up.
Michael Shure Family
Shure was born in New York City to his parents Michael and Alice Shure. He has a brother, Tony Shure, the co-founder of Chopt Salad Company, and his uncle Robert Evans was a film producer.
Michael Shure Net Worth
Shure has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million. His income is mainly from his successful career as a broadcast journalist.
Michael Shure Salary
Shure receives an average annual salary of between $44,000 – $110,500.