Alicia C. Shepard was an American journalist, media writer best known for her book Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate, where she examined the lives of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the legacy of the Watergate investigation. Shepard received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from George Washington University in 1978. She landed her first job in journalism as a reporter in the Washington bureau of Scripps League Newspapers. She later e... moreAlicia C. Shepard was an American journalist, media writer best known for her book Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate, where she examined the lives of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the legacy of the Watergate investigation. Shepard received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from George Washington University in 1978. She landed her first job in journalism as a reporter in the Washington bureau of Scripps League Newspapers. She later established herself as a respected voice on media ethics, writing extensively for the American Journalism Review before her tenure as NPR ombudsman from 2007 to 2011. Shepard doubled as a freelancer over the years for publications including The Post, the New York Times, USA Today and Washingtonian magazine. She once chronicled her adventure sailing across the South Pacific with her infant son in tow. She was also an educator who taught at institutions including Georgetown University, American University, Duke University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and the University of Arkansas.
