Alicia Shepard
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Alicia Cobb "Lisa" Shepard[1] (April 27, 1953 – April 1, 2023) was an American journalist, media writer and expert on the work and lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. In February 2014, she moved to Kabul, Afghanistan to work with Afghan journalists. In fall 2012, she joined the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) faculty as a visiting professor for the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.[2][3]
She joined
Shepard taught media ethics at Georgetown University to its masters program from 2007 until 2010. She also taught journalism at
Personal life
Shepard traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad. In 2002, she bicycled 517 miles from Amsterdam to Paris. In 1987, Shepard, her husband, the photojournalist Robert Hodierne, and one-year-old son, Cutter Hodierne, 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. The couple since divorced. Their son, Cutter Hodierne, is director of the 2012 Sundance Grand Jury prize for the short film, "Fishing Without Nets," about the Somali pirates from their point of view. Shepard graduated from George Washington University, with honors in English, and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in 2002.[citation needed]
Death
Shepard died from complications of lung cancer at her home in
Torture controversy
In June 2009, Shepard, acting in the capacity of NPR Ombudsman, deflected objections to NPR's use of euphemisms such as "enhanced interrogations" as a replacement for the word "torture" in their reporting about waterboarding, stating: "No matter how many distinguished groups — the International Red Cross, the U.N. High Commissioners — say waterboarding is torture, there are responsible people who say it is not. Former President Bush, former Vice President Cheney, their staff and their supporters obviously believed that waterboarding terrorism suspects was necessary to protect the nation's security. One can disagree strongly with those beliefs and their actions. But they are due some respect for their views, which are shared by a portion of the American public. So, it is not an open-and-shut case that everyone believes waterboarding to be torture."[7] Shepard stated that she personally believed waterboarding was torture in an interview with Bob Garfield of On the Media.[5]
Awards and recognition
Shepard contributed to
Bibliography
Books and 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 0-471-73761-5
- Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11 (co-author) - 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 0-7425-2316-0
- 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! (The Washington Post article about grade inflation)
- 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
References
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (April 12, 2023). "Alicia C. Shepard, 69, Dies; Ombudsman Defended NPR in Torture Debate". New York Times.
- ^ "Breaking News & Headlines". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Homepage | Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies". unlv.edu. September 20, 2016.
- ^ "Harsh Interrogation Techniques or Torture? - NPR Ombudsman Blog : NPR". NPR. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ a b "On The Media: Transcript of "Torturous Wording" (June 26, 2009)". July 4, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04.
- ^ Langer, Emily (April 11, 2023). "Alicia Shepard, media writer and Watergate biographer, dies at 69". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Your Voices Have Been Heard", npr.org. Accessed August 28, 2023.
External links
- Alicia Shepard Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine on Conversations with Allan Wolper