Tory Shepherd
Tory Shepherd is an Australian opinion writer and journalist based in Adelaide, South Australia. as of September 2024[update] a senior reporter for Guardian Australia. She has worked for News Corp Australia publications in the past.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Tory Shepherd grew up in Adelaide. She did an arts degree after school, and then spent a year backpacking around Australia. Returning to Adelaide, she did an honours degree in anthropology,[1] writing her thesis on UFO cults.[2]
After backpacking around Europe for two years, she returned to her home town and managed a national visual arts magazine.[1] In 2004 she wrote an article for Artlink in 2004.[3]
She then gained a Master of Arts degree in Professional Communication.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Shepherd joined News Limited in 2006, starting with a cadetship at The Advertiser[4][1] and spending 15 years there and other News Corp publications as a full-time journalist. She became federal political editor, living in both Canberra and Adelaide, and was later space and defence reporter for The Advertiser.[2] She spent a number of years as health reporter at The Advertiser (around 2009), and in 2015 was a columnist at the paper.[5]
She has written for various News Limited media publications and websites,[5][2] including being a columnist and sometime editor at The Punch.[5][6]
As of September 2024[update] she is a senior reporter for Guardian Australia.[7]
Media and public appearances
[edit | edit source]Shepherd has appeared as panellist on the ABC TV discussion program Insiders,[8] as well as ABC Radio and other television shows, including The Drum on ABC and Sunrise on the Seven Network.[2]
She appeared in episode 6 of The Chaser's Media Circus in 2014. Shepherd has been a panellist at a number of events in the Behind the Headlines series of public forums, hosted by Paul Willis at the Royal Institution of Australia,[9]
Other activities
[edit | edit source]Shepherd was a member of the Mindframe media advisory group.[5]
In 2021–22 she co-hosted the true crime podcast Mapping Evil with crime investigator Mike King.[2][10]
Publications
[edit | edit source]In 2020 Shepherd published a book, On Freedom, which "looks at how women's freedom to choose motherhood is reshaping their own lives as well as society".[11][12]
Recognition
[edit | edit source]Shepherd has been awarded Churchill Fellowship, and has been on the judging panel for the Walkley Awards.[2]
In 2010, she won Best Columnist, Blogger, Commentator, in the SA Press Club awards.[13]
References
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