Shelby Lin Erdman
School
Wayne State University
Expertise
Music, History, Science, Environment, Health
- Shelby is an award-winning digital writer and broadcast journalist whose work has appeared on many websites, including CNN.com, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press, the Palm Beach Post, The Austin American-Statesman, GPB.org, WABE.org, and WSBTV.com, among others.
- Shelby has covered science, health, and environmental stories for CNN and Cox Media Group, and was part of the CNN team that won a Peabody Award for coverage of the Gulf oil spill and a Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the deadly Haitian earthquake .
- Shelby is a fan of history, music, and classic films.
Experience
Shelby is an ward-winning journalist whose work has appeared on CNN, CNN.com, CNN Radio, CBS Radio, NPR, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Associated Press, public radio in Georgia and Michigan, and dozens of other newspaper and TV websites. Shelby has specialized in science coverage, including climate, oceans and environment. She has interviewed hundreds of sources over her career, including scientists, musicians, and politicians.
Education
Shelby has a BA in journalism with a double minor in communications and film studies from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She first attended college on a theater scholarship after participating in high school and community theater groups.
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Stories By Shelby Lin Erdman
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Sandra West, a socialite in San Antonio in the1960s, was buried in a peculiar fashion by being laid to rest in the front seat of her beloved blue Ferrari.
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Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton were famous for wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks when they dated. But was that actually the truth?
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Michael Landon's pleasant demeanor and upbeat personality belied the truth about his relationship with his mother, who he said was abusive.
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Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice aren't often mentioned in the same sentence, but the two actually performed together on stage in Philadelphia.
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Elizabeth Taylor was a fixture in global popular culture for decades, as a talented and beautiful artist in numerous films — were any Oscar-worthy?
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Donna Reed is known for her matronly, domestic persona on "The Donna Reed Show," but she also won an Academy Award for her role in "From Here to Eternity."
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Few movie actors had a star shine as brightly as Omar Sharif's in the 1960s — "Lawrence of Arabia," "Dr. Zhivago." What became of the Egyptian-born performer?
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Brenda Ann Spencer became the first American school shooter in 1979. Here is what happened to her after the Cleveland Elementary School shooting.
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It's not secret that the life of a very bankable Hollywood movie actor can be a life of rampant, irresponsible self-indulgence. Eventually, there's a price.
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There are dangerous waterways and beaches around the world. This remote Australian island is considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet.
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The marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz was historic for many reasons, including their age difference and the groundbreaking interracial TV relationship.
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George Harrison is internationally famous as one of The Beatles, but how far did he get in school? He actually lost interest in school at the age of 16.