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.
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Princess Margaret's marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones was controversial in the British Royal Family. Here's how Queen Elizabeth II really felt.
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The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, died in 2018. Here is the her tragic death of Aretha Franklin explained.
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Dubbed the "Pillow Killer," he's known as a notorious French serial killer whose victims were women alone in their homes and attacked while they were sleeping.
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Johnny Weir is a two-time Olympic figure skater who dazzled during his time on the ice. Now, he's transitioned into a role as commentator for NBC.
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Competing, let alone succeeding, in the Olympic Games is the result of talent and years of dedicated effort. But once the games are over -- what then?
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Bode Miller is one of the greatest men's skiers of all time, but what happened to him? Here's how the skiing phenom's career ended, and what he's doing now.
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America's sweetheart, the famously charming and good-natured Golden Girl, Betty White, had a well-known crush on handsome leading man, actor Robert Redford.
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It's every producer's nightmare: The show is arranged, rehearsed, ready to be performed. And then one of the headliners cancels at the last minute.
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The alternative band Goo Goo Dolls have sold millions of albums worldwide, with 18 top 10 singles climbing various charts since the group formed in the 1980s.
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In our modern age, more and more people are living longer and longer. It comes as a shock, then, when someone like Paul O'Neill dies at the age of 61.
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Perhaps everyone has regrets at one point or another in life. Presidents, kings, queens -- even the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, had one.
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Albert Einstein made a a great many discoveries. He even claimed to know the key to happiness. Here is what he said it was.
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The legend of the Spider Woman has nothing to do with the villain of a Sherlock Holmes film or with Marvel Comic's character, but there is something in common.
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It's not unusual for a youngster to develop a crush on a public figure -- a singer, actor, celebrity of some sort. Dolly Parton has that kind of story, too.
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It's not unusual for a band to fire one of its members. Fleetwood Mac dumped Lindsey Buckingham in 2018. But he wasn't the first member to be canned.