Beyond the Headlines: Political Reporting in a Changing Media Landscape ft. Brittany Shepherd

Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Brittany Shepherd, former national political reporter at ABC News. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience covering campaigns, the White House, and digital-first political storytelling, Shepherd will discuss how politics is reported in the Internet age—and the voices and narratives shaping today’s news cycle. 

The conversation will explore how new media platforms are changing political journalism, audience engagement, and the way stories are told and consumed.

*Lunch will be served

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About Brittany Shepherd

Former national political reporter at ABC News, Brittany Shepherd has covered campaigns, politics, and how the Internet age has changed it all. Her work focuses on profiling the characters that animate the news cycle and storylines that often fall under the radar. Brittany has spent nearly a decade covering politics and embracing new media as a key part of storytelling along the way.

Before landing at ABC News, Brittany was a White House and National Correspondent at Yahoo! News, where she hosted the young-voter centric web show, 'Hot Mic.' There, she co-moderated one of the few on-camera interviews of then-presumptive nominee Joe Biden alongside chef and philanthropist José Andres, all while traveling the country writing pieces documenting the unprecedented presidential campaign during the coronavirus pandemic.

She got her start in D.C. journalism covering the Trump administration as a White House reporter at start-up newsroom The Independent Journal Review and after that, as a staff writer at Washingtonian magazine. Prior to joining ABC News, Brittany was a regular political analyst on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and SiriusXM.

Brittany was born and raised in New York and received her journalism degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.