Shira Lazar is an EMMY nominated TV and Web Personality. She covers the latest in socials trends and pop culture on her blog- ON THE SCENE - on CBSNews.com and is a correspondent on THE TOMORROW SHOW WITH MO ROCCA. She is also the host of THIS WEEK IN YOUTUBE, a contributor on The Huffington Post and the host for Live Earth Video bringing people information and news about the global water crisis.

Previously, Shira hosted Yahoo!’s daily What’s So Funny, NBC’s 1ST LOOK and OPEN HOUSE, DirecTV’s HAVOC ON THE 101, was a correspondent on CourtTV’s HOLLYWOOD HEAT,  Reelz Channel’s daily movies news show, DAILIES and a journalist on Travel Channel’s CONFESSIONS OF A TRAVEL WRITER.

Online, she has developed and hosted video content for Condenast’s travel blog Jaunted, Movies.com, Hollywood.com, Mania! TV, Verizon VCAST and more. She was the red carpet host for the 2009 Webby Awards and the first ever Streamy Awards, official video blogger of Internet Week NY and was named a “Social Media Maven” when she won Ashton Kutcher’s 24 HOURS AT SUNDANCE. Shira has also appeared on Fox News Channel, CBS, and CNN.

An authority in the new media space, Shira also appears, MC’s and speaks at events around the world including: Mashable’s Social Good Conference, Twiistup, WITI’s 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Awards, Banff’s NEXT Media Conference, 140 Conference, Digital Family Reunion, Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, Big Omaha Conference, SXSW, Girls In Tech Catalyst Conference and Media Leaders among many others.

As a crossover personality and hybrid journalist, Shira Lazar continues to bridge the gap between traditional and new media and be a voice for the digital age.

A native of Montréal, Shira graduated with honors from Emerson College, and now lives in Los Angeles with her laptop Fluffy.