Ken Shepherd
Former NewsBusters Managing Editor

Ken Shepherd lives in New Carrollton, Md., with his wife, Laura, and four children. Ken graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 2001 with a Bachelors of Arts in Government & Politics and a citation in Public Leadership. 

Ken worked for the Media Research Center from May 2001 to April 2016. He served as NewsBusters Managing Editor from 2007 until April 2016. Currently, he serves as "a universal-desk editor and digital writer" for The Washington Times.

In his spare time, Ken enjoys karaoke, tennis, reading, and discussing theology or politics.

Ken Shepherd | June 20, 2006

     The only thing CNN contributor Andy Serwer was missing for a recent business update was appearing on air in a leisure suit.

     The Fortune magazine editor raised concerns of 1970s, disco-era “…

Ken Shepherd | June 19, 2006

           The U.S. Postal Service is helping cigarette bootleggers evade the law, warned the June 18 “World News Tonight.” But while ABC’s Dan Harris explored the legal quandary the postal…

Ken Shepherd | June 19, 2006

     CNN gave viewers a sort of Saturday morning fever as CNN’s Andy Serwer raised fears of stagflation sapping the economy’s strength on the June 17 “In the Money.” “Stagflation” is a term coined in the 1970s to refer to high inflation coupled…

Ken Shepherd | June 17, 2006

     In the mid-1990s, aside from tobacco companies, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and its CEO Bill Gates were perhaps the media’s favorite corporate villain. Now he’s a media darling.     On the March 3, 1998,…

Ken Shepherd | June 15, 2006

CNN's '70s Flashback: Serwer Sees Specter of Stagflation But economy is performing strongly and inflation is well below 1970s…

Ken Shepherd | June 15, 2006

Summer of Gore Continues with Softball Game on Larry King Host lets Gore slam his talking points out of the park without raising…