Tory Shepherd
Award-winning Australian journalist & true crime enthusiast
Tory Shepherd is an award-winning Australian columnist who regularly appears on Australian radio, and television shows including The Drum and Sunrise. She spent 15 years as a full-time journalist with The Advertiser and other News Corp publications, most recently as the paper’s space and defence reporter. Before that she was the federal political editor, splitting her time between Canberra and Adelaide.
She has spent years working with different newsrooms, and in her various roles has travelled all over the world for defence projects and with various Australian Prime Ministers.
She is a Walkley's judge, a Churchill Fellow, and has a Master of Arts degree in Professional Communication. She completed her Honours thesis on UFO cults.
Tory also co-hosts the award-winning true crime podcast Mapping Evil with Mike King.