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Tory Shepherd is an Australian opinion writer and journalist based in Adelaide, South Australia. as of September 2024 a senior reporter for Guardian Australia . She has worked for News Limited publications in the past.

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Early life and education

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

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 fpr 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 she is a senior reporter for Guardian Australia . [7]

Media and public appearances

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 RiAus, [9]

Other activities

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

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

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]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tory Shepherd". Esri Australia. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Shepherd, Tory (1 June 2004). "News from the Front". Artlink. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Australian Heroin Diaries: Q & A: Tory Shepherd - Journalist". The Australian Heroin Diaries. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Mindframe". Mindframe. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tory Shepherd - Royal Institution of Australia". Royal Institution of Australia. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tory Shepherd". The Guardian . 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Insiders Sunday 2 February". ABC News . 2 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Science Behind the Headlines: Marine Parks and 'No-Take' Zones - Royal Institution of Australia". Royal Institution of Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mapping Evil with Mike King". Apple Podcasts. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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  12. ↑ "On Freedom by Tory Shepherd". Hachette Australia. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "2010 Results". South Australian Press Club. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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