About me
Michelle Shephard is an award-winning journalist, author, filmmaker and podcast host and producer who has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks. During her two decades at the Toronto Star, she reported from more than 20 countries, including Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan and went behind the wire at the U.S. Naval prison in Guantanamo Bay more than two dozen times. Her films include the NFB's The Perfect Story, and the Emmy-nominated Guantanamo’s Child. Her CBC podcast series include White Hot Hate, about the rise of accelerationist neo-Nazi groups, and Brainwashed, investigating the CIA’s illegal mind experiments codenamed MK-Ultra. She's the co-president of Canadian Journalists For Free Expression (CJFE) and on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma.