Tory Shepherd is an Australian opinion writer and

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based in

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. a senior reporter for ''

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''. She has worked for

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publications in the past.

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, writing her thesis on

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s. After backpacking around Europe for two years, she returned to her home town and managed a national

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magazine. In 2004 she wrote an article for ''

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'' in 2004. She then gained a Master of Arts degree in Professional Communication.

Career

Shepherd joined News Limited in 2006, starting with a cadetship at '' The Advertiser'' and spending 15 years there and other News Corp publications as a full-time journalist. She became federal political editor, living in both

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and Adelaide, and was later space and defence reporter fpr ''The Advertiser''. She spent a number of years as health reporter at ''The Advertiser'' (around 2009), and in 2015 was a columnist at the paper. She has written for various News Limited media publications and websites, including being a

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and sometime editor at ''

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''. she is a senior reporter for ''

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Media and public appearances

Shepherd has appeared as panellist on the ABC TV discussion program '' Insiders'', as well as ABC Radio and other television shows, including '' The Drum'' on ABC and ''

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'' on the

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. She appeared in episode 6 of ''

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'' 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

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Other activities

Shepherd was a member of the Mindframe media advisory group. In 2021–22 she co-hosted the

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podcast ''Mapping Evil'' with crime investigator Mike King.

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".

Recognition

Shepherd has been awarded

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, and has been on the judging panel for the

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. In 2010, she won Best Columnist, Blogger, Commentator, in the SA Press Club awards.

References

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