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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Superintendent says expected $26M increase not enough to meet goals. -
County officials cite complaints over unrestrained dogs.
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More than 650 people requested fare-free rides in December.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning Jan. 20.
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Proposed rule would require dogs to remain leashed on most county land.
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Murray had been serving as interim superintendent since September.
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The Fan school, damaged by fire in 2022, is set to reopen this fall.
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Nearby resident describes water rushing like a ‘river,’ smell
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Funding for the Dolly Parton literacy program became state law in July, but it isn’t ready — yet.
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The nonprofit serves about 5,000 households and distributes 2.5M meals a year.
