Alicia Shepard
Alicia Shepard is an award-winning journalist and expert on the media and media ethics. The former ombudsman for NPR, she recently returned from two years in Afghanistan where she worked with Afghan journalists and the US Embassy. Follow her on Twitter: @Ombudsman.
ALL POSTS BY Alicia Shepard
December 9, 2016A veteran media critic offers tips on where to get those grains of salt you should be consuming with your news feed.
November 9, 2016Too much trust in polls and not enough shoe-leather reporting produced the flub of the century.
November 7, 2016Lesson No. 1 from campaign 2016: Journalists need to be more careful.
October 24, 2016A media critic reviews the post-debate coverage on Fox and MSNBC — and finds a few surprises.
October 21, 2016Do we have a misogynist to thank for forcing us to confront our prejudices?
September 29, 2016For Hillary Clinton, it's a gift that keeps on giving.
September 13, 2016The business of ferreting out candidates' whoppers is booming, and no wonder.
August 26, 2016Too often, there's only one person among the reporters and editors to speak up for diversity.
August 23, 2016Once seen as a way to democratize the media, news site commenting sections have become playgrounds for nasty trolls.
July 27, 2016On Meet the Press, the Republican presidential nominee defends Roger Ailes and shames his victims.
