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Alicia C. Shepard (born April 27, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American journalist, author, media writer and expert on the work and lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The Shepard teaches journalism at American University. For other universities known as American University see American University (disambiguation. She was a Times Mirror Visiting Professor at University of Texas at Austin for the 2005-2006 academic year where she taught a class she designed on Watergate and the Press. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's She spent the last four years interviewing more than 175 people connected to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and sifting through the new archival materials that UT bought from Woodward and Bernstein for $5 million in 2003. Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The

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Awards and recognition

Shepard contributes to Washingtonian and People magazines, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune. Washingtonian is a monthly magazine distributed in the Washington DC area since 1965 People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company For nearly a decade, she wrote for American Journalism Review on such things as ethics, the newspaper industry and how journalism works - or doesn't. For that work, the National Press Club awarded her its top media criticism prize three different years. The National Press Club is one of the world's leading professional organizations for journalists In 2003 she was a Foster Distinguished Writer at Penn State. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University From 1982 to 1987, she was a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News in California. The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily Newspaper in San Jose California and Silicon Valley.

Personal

Shepard has traveled extensively in the U. S. and abroad. In 2002, she bicycled 517 miles from Amsterdam to Paris. In 1987, Shepard, her husband and one-year-old son, Cutter, set sail on their 32-foot sailboat, “Yankee Lady”, for the South Pacific. They spent three years cruising in the islands and she wrote about their adventures. They sailed to Japan and stayed for two more years writing, editing, teaching English and learning Japanese.

Shepard graduated with honors in English in 1978 from The George Washington University and received a masters in journalism from the University of Maryland in 2002. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research

She lives with her family in Arlington, Virginia.

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