Shelley Childers Biography
Shelley Childers is a famous American Award-winning Journalist who recently worked for ABC13 as a Reporter. She worked for ABC13 from February 2018 to July 2023. Shelley is an image shaper, reputation enhancer, and persuasive communicator and her passion is generating positive publicity campaigns for clients, brands, and issues while keeping the public informed. She has over one and a half decades of experience as a television news broadcaster. Since March 2022, she has been a Volunteer at Literacy Now.
Shelley Childers Education
She received her education at Taylor High School where she graduated. After graduating from high school, she attended Michigan State University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Broadcast Journalism. At the university, she was in The Big Ten Network, MSU Telecasters, ad Alpha Chi mega sorority.
Shelley Childers Career
She is an Award-winning Anchor. Most recently, she worked for ABC13 as a Journalist from February 2018 to July 2023. There, she worked closely with stakeholders and collaborated across departments with a focus on the audience as a television reporter. She worked in a fast-paced environment under very short deadlines where she wrote and created content for web pages and social media and tracked audience analytics. Prior to joining ABC13, she worked for WXYZ-TV as a Journalist from January 2016 to January 2018. While working at the station, she consistently developed fresh, unique, and compelling messaging to connect community interests across a vast audience. Her work there was recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Michigan Chapter, and she was nominated for an Emmy Award.
From October 2012 to December 2015, she was a Journalist at KRGV-TV. As the bureau chief in the Rio Grande Valley, she led the news coverage in a county of more than 400k people. On a daily basis, she managed multiple work streams to publish long and short-form content on various platforms. Her work there was recognized and she was awarded by the Texas Associated Press and the Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. From September 2009 to September 2012, she worked for ACBS7 as a Journalist. There, she regularly collaborated with leaders to adequately represent the organizations during crisis situations, developed deep, long-lasting relationships with community stakeholders to enact change through impactful storytelling, and managed multiple projects to meet time-sensitive deadlines. Her work was recognized by the Texas Associated Press with multiple awards.
Shelley Childers Age
Shelley likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, she might be in her 40s.
Shelley Childers Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68m) tall.
Shelley Childers Family
Childers has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Shelley has any siblings.
Shelley Childers Husband
Shelley is married to the love of her life, Douglas Vanker. But it is not known when they got married. She and her husband are blessed with three kids whose names are not mentioned.
Shelley Childers Net Worth
Childers has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million which she has earned through being a journalist.
Shelley Childers Salary
She earns an annual salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000.
Shelley Childers ABC13
Shelley worked at ABC13 where she worked alongside other famous ABC13 reporters, anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Adam Winkler
- Bob Slovak
- Briana Conner
- Brooke Taylor
- Courtney Carpenter
- Daniela Hurtado
- Elissa Rivas
- Elita Loresca
- Erica Simon
- Greg Bailey
- Jacob Rascon
- Jeff Ehling
- Jessica Willey
- Jonathan Bruce
- Kevin Roth
- Lileana Pearson
- Miya Shay
- Travis Herzog
- Rita Garcia
- Shannon Ryan