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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Midway through the 1960s, Sonny and Cher bursted onto the national scene with a sound and look that helped lighten up the seriousness of the era.
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Handsome, alluring, and intelligent, Theodore Robert Bundy is also one of the most infamous serial killers in the annals of American crime history.
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"I Need a Lover" was John Mellencamp's first hit but he thinks "Paper In Fire" is his quintessential song. Critics and fans have another favorite though:
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President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, and the U.S. government began forcefully removing Native peoples from their homes in a deadly march.
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When a rocky, cigar-shaped object about a quarter-mile long and highly elongated was discovered speeding through the solar system, wild conjecture ensued.
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As an iconic guitarist, talented actor, and one of rock legend Bruce Springteen's best buddies, Steven Van Zandt seems to have it all.
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The Green River Killer is one of the most notorious murderers in the annals of serial killer history. How did he get away with it for so long?