Billy Shields has decades of journalism experience in television, radio and print. Before joining VPM he worked as an MMJ for TV news outlets in Montreal, Canada and for newspapers in Mexico, Miami and the Caribbean. He has won awards for a retrospective on the Oka Crisis and investigations into questionable sewage contracts in the Virgin Islands and the gray market of lawsuit loans in Miami.
Shields earned a bachelor's from Kenyon College and a master's in Latin American Studies and Journalism from the University of Florida. He's a member of the National Press Photographers Association, a former trainer with Journalists for Human Rights and a Canadian citizen.
He was born and raised in Richmond and began his career as a cub reporter for the Tidewater Review in West Point, Virginia.
Email Billy: [email protected]
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning Aug. 17. -
Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning Aug. 10.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning August 3.
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The trio of planned sites were unveiled months before the tech giant’s ties were made public. -
The Maryland-based chain has five other locations in Central Virginia. -
Funds are set to run out this fall, the state’s environmental agency says. -
McGuire is one of two Virginia incumbents facing same-party challengers. -
The special election will fill the rest of late Dale District Supervisor Jim Holland's term. -
Localities have asked for limited water usage during the hottest part of the day. -
The 35-year-old is the locality’s first Black administrator. -
Projects Peanut, Skye and Loch are set to occupy 1,500 acres. -
Chesterfield commissioners approved the Clover Hill track’s lease.