
Billy Shields
Multimedia Journalist, Chesterfield CountyBilly 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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Residents expressed concern about overdevelopment at a meeting Tuesday.
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The county is overhauling its 1970s-era zoning rules.
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The state did not provide details on where detainees are being held, or the charges against them.
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The board met briefly Wednesday to unanimously approve a spending plan.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 7.
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A VPM News audience member who works in the area asked about the history of the Southside landmark.
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The spending plan includes a $426M water treatment plant that could be online by 2033.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning March 24.
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Helicopter ambulance serves 33 counties in the commonwealth.
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Much of the talk surrounded federal funding uncertainties.