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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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 7. -
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.
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The track’s new operator aims to reopen as soon as next year.
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County officials tout the financial benefits of the controversial centers.
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Departments across Central Virginia offer few details following Youngkin’s order.
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Additional land will close a missing link in a trail network near Petersburg.
