Michelle Shephard
Canadian journalist (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michelle Shephard (born 1972) is an independent investigative reporter (previously with the Toronto Star newspaper), author and filmmaker.[1] She has been awarded the Michener Award for public service journalism and won Canada's top newspaper prize, the National Newspaper Award, three times.[2] In 2011, she was an associate producer on a documentary called Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.[3] She produced the National Film Board documentary, Prisoners of the Absurd, which premiered at Amsterdam's film festival in 2014.[4] Shephard also co-directed a film based on her book about Omar Khadr, Guantanamo's Child, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015.[5]
Michelle Shephard | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51ā52) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, filmmaker |
Spouse | Jim Rankin |
Awards | Michener Award, National Newspaper Awards |
Shephard was the 2015 recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy.[6][7]