Alicia Shepard
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Alicia C. Shepard (born April 27, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts) [1] is an American journalist, author, media writer and expert on the work and lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Shepard joined National Public Radio (NPR) in October, 2007, for a two-year appointment as the Ombudsman for the nonprofit public media organization.[2] In that role, she claimed on June 21, 2009, that waterboarding, as practiced by Americans on terror captives, should not be called 'torture',[3] although she later mentioned in an interview that "I think that it does... constitute torture." [4] On this matter she claims she was supporting an NPR policy originated by Managing Editor David Sweeney.
Shepard teaches journalism at American University. She was a Times Mirror Visiting Professor at University of Texas at Austin for the 2005-2006 academic year, where she taught a class she designed on Watergate and the press. She spent the last four years interviewing more than 175 people connected to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and sifting through the new archival materials that UT bought from Woodward and Bernstein for $5 million in 2003.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Shepard contributes to Washingtonian and People magazines, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune. For nearly a decade, she wrote for American Journalism Review on such things as ethics, the newspaper industry and how journalism works - or doesn't. For that work, the National Press Club awarded her its top media criticism prize three different years. In 2003, she was a Foster Distinguished Writer at Penn State. From 1982 to 1987, she was a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News in California.
[edit] Personal
Shepard has traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad. In 2002, she bicycled 517 miles from Amsterdam to Paris. In 1987, Shepard, her husband and one-year-old son, Cutter, set sail on their 32-foot sailboat, “Yankee Lady”, for the South Pacific. They spent three years cruising in the islands, and she wrote about their adventures. They sailed to Japan and stayed for two more years writing, editing, teaching English and learning Japanese.
Shepard graduated in 1978 from George Washington University, with honors in English, and received a masters in journalism from the University of Maryland in 2002.
She lives with her family in Arlington, Virginia[citation needed]
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[edit] Books & articles
- Woodward & Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate - about the personal and professional lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during and post-Watergate; (2006) ISBN 0471737615
- Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11 - about how journalists covered 9/11 and the role they played as modern-day keepers of calm on America's most terrifying day. (2002) ISBN 0742523160
- Narrowing the Gap: Military , Media and the Iraq War - Conference Report for the McCormick Tribune Foundation, 2004
- Washingtonian article written by Shepard on Woodward & Bernstein
- Los Angeles Times article written by Shepard regarding Woodward & Bernstein
- Alicia C. Shepard: A belated scoop
- A's for Everyone!
- Thinking Clearly (Shepard wrote a chapter in this book on the Columbine Shootings)
- Uncivil War - article written for the American Journalism Review
- Preparing for Disaster - article written for the American Journalism Review
- Appointment in Somalia - article written for the American Journalism Review
