Journalist, NYT best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, podcaster. Former @TorontoStar #natsec reporter. Co-president of @CJFE and founder of @FFFilms_
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Michelle Shephard retweeted
I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…
Michelle Shephard retweeted
NEW: We just published the full transcript of our @nytimes hourlong interview with PM Carney, all 8,000+ words of it.
This is to enable our readers to get a sense of the range and depth of the conversation.
Gift link nytimes.com/2026/09/27/world…
Michelle Shephard retweeted
“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting.” — A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times.
We thank the reporters who have been a part of our 175 years of fact-based journalism.
“We’re so sorry!”
A great road tripping feature by @MarkColley & 📷 by @bouquillon_ in @TorontoStar as Lake Ontario, becomes Lake America for some…
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Michelle Shephard retweeted
📰 @shephardm accepted Gold for Long-Form Feature Writing at the 49th NMAs for "Zakaria Amara's Second Chance" in @thewalrus — her first piece for the magazine. Watch: zurl.co/diuAo
#NMA26 #CanadianJournalism
Our relationship with our pets is so hard to put in words.. I tried in this short essay for @thewalrus about our beloved Parker and what dogs teach us about loss and living.
thewalrus.ca/the-trouble-wit…
Michelle Shephard retweeted
🚨 In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that courts cannot review the government’s decisions to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria and Haiti and says the challengers’ race‑discrimination claim is unlikely to succeed.
Michelle Shephard retweeted
I'm deeply concerned by the escalation of fighting in & around El Obeid, a major population centre in Sudan, including drone attacks impacting civilians & civilian infrastructure.
I call for restraint from all sides and urge them to take all necessary measures to respect and protect civilians & humanitarians.
Far too many times in this conflict, clear warnings have failed to trigger concerted action by the international community. I urge all those with influence to exert it to prevent further bloodshed.
We must not allow the horrors of El Fasher to be repeated in El Obeid.
un.org/sg/en/content/sg/stat…
“We are not powerless to stop this,” @antonioguterres said in a social media post Saturday…
Urgent story by @geoffreyyork
Mass atrocities looming in another Sudanese city, UN says theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
Congrats to our whole @cbcpodcasts & @TorontoStar team for our @Tribeca selection & win for best investigative podcast, “The Most Wanted Olympian.” (Coming soon …)
Michelle Shephard retweeted
A border stops a dream; Check out my latest Toronto Star article on #OmarArtan
thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Michelle Shephard retweeted
“Outside the Moss Park building on a hot June day, clients here are living on borrowed time,” via @TorontoStar’s @OmarMosleh thestar.com/news/gta/she-was…
📝 Congratulations to the Gold and Silver winners at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Long-Form Feature Writing:
🥇 Gold: "Zakaria Amara's Second Chance," @thewalrus
🥈 Silver: "The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario," The Local
#NMA26
Michelle Shephard retweeted
GOLD for Long-Form Feature Writing: “Zakaria Amara’s Second Chance” by @shephardm. Congratulations to Michelle; editor: @cstarnino; photographer: @arthurdhamdani; and fact checker: Filipa Pajevic! thewalrus.ca/how-a-would-be-…
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A genuinely amazing project, directed by The Globe’s brilliant @HamidaGhafour
To make sense of the uncertain moment we find ourselves in, The Globe's foreign correspondents and journalists curated a series of nine moments, places and objects that capture a world turned upside down.
tgam.ca/world-in-transition
Michelle Shephard retweeted
We’re thrilled to announce that The Walrus has earned twenty-five nominations at this year’s @MagAwards, a remarkable honour that speaks to the strength and range of our journalism, art, and client work. Congratulations to all of the nominees! Read the stories being recognized below:
Michelle Shephard retweeted
“What the Roberts Court is making possible,” @AdamSerwer argues, “is a country where white people can maintain their political dominance at the expense of Americans who are not white.” He examines what to expect following the Voting Rights Act ruling: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
Michelle Shephard retweeted
Joined fellow journalists @shephardm and @Justin_Ling, alongside Moses Isooba, a leading voice from Uganda’s civil society, to discuss media freedom at the Civic Space Summit in Ottawa.
