Carrie Sheffield is a freelance writer in Manhattan. She began her career in Washington working for columnist Robert Novak, later writing on healthcare and general politics for The Hill newspaper before working as a founding reporter at POLITICO. Carrie later joined The Washington Times as an editorial writer, covering Capitol Hill and foreign policy.

She reported internationally about the 25th anniversary of perestroika in Moscow, North-South Korean relations in Seoul, the Beijing Olympics in China, and political reforms in Egypt. She also reported on the geopolitical positioning of Qatar and served as a correspondent for The Jerusalem Post covering the Israeli Knesset.

She has written for USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, American Spectator and Daily Caller. 

Carrie earned a master’s in public policy from Harvard University, concentrating in business policy. After obtaining a B.A. in communications with honors from Brigham Young University, she completed a Fulbright journalism fellowship in Berlin.