NPR Washington, DC Oct 2007 to Jun 2011 OmbudsmanGeorgetown University Washington, DC Sep 2007 to May 2010 Adjunct ProfessorUniv. of Texas
Sep 2007 to Mar 2010The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times New York, NY 2003 to 2007 FreelancerWoodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate Washington, DC 2006 to 2006 AuthorThe New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times Austin, TX 2005 to 2006 A Times Mirror Visiting ProfessorThe New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times
2003 to 2005 Associate journalism professorThe New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times
2004 to 2004 Author Narrowing the GapStories Behind the Breaking News
2000 to 2002 Writer for The NewseumNational Press Club's
1993 to 2000 Principal contributor on such topics as how journalism worksLived
1990 to 1992Sailed San Jose, CA 1987 to 1990ReporterSan Jose, CA 1982 to 1987Scripps League Newspapers, covered Congress Washington, DC 1978 to 1982 Reporter
Education:
University of Maryland College Park, MD Jan 2000 to Jan 2002 Masters in Journalism
Alicia Shepard in The Washington Post on the man who revealed Nixon's tapes As we mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in this week, Shepard revisits White House deputy chief of staffAlexander Butterfield,a relatively little noted man essential to the investigation that brought
Date: Jun 15, 2012
Category: U.S.
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NPR Is Collateral Damage in Battle to Brand Tea Party
He had every reason to fight back, even though Ron Schiller was not the target of James O'Keefe's video -- NPR was. But NPR didn't back him. It didn't back Vivian Schiller. And it didn't even back itself. NPR ombusdman Alicia Shepard admitted, flat-out, to Piers Morgan on CNN: "[T]hat Ron Schiller video is a big black eye for NPR."
Ron Schiller behaved recklessly and stupidly, no question. Shouldn't he have smelled a rat? How could his sniffer fail him so spectacularly? Why would he talk so unguardedly? As NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard put it in a post mortem, "We live in public. The mic is always on."
Date: Mar 11, 2011
Category: U.S.
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Activist's video sting brings ouster of NPR president
NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard resisted the notion that activist filmmaker James O'Keefe's video revealed a deeper bias, saying staffers there are angry at top executives' poor judgment in recent months. After checking with Ron Schiller to make sure his words weren't completely distorted, the ombudsma