Don Shelby
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Donald Gilbert "Don" Shelby (born 1947) is a news anchor on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He joined the station as a news anchor in 1978 and is also an experienced investigative journalist, whose work has earned two George Foster Peabody awards and several Emmy Awards.
Shelby suffered a mild stroke in early 2004, and returned to news reading duties by the end of that year. In recent years, Shelby began having a unique dual responsibility of hosting an afternoon radio show on WCCO (AM) which ends at 6:00, immediately after which he anchored the TV newscast, which is also simulcast on radio.
As of June 2006, Shelby still does the radio show, he no longer anchors the 6:00 news. Shelby is often mistakenly credited for inventing the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method of tying a necktie. In fact, he popularized it by wearing it on his nightly newscast after being taught how to tie it by Jerry Pratt. His current project, titled Project Energy, has been widely credited with enlarging the dialogue about alternative fuels and energy conservation.
His eldest daughter, Ashley Shelby, is the author of Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City.
[edit] In The Know
In February 2006, Shelby began hosting short video essay segments during the station's 10:00 newscast. These segments sometimes touch on political and religious topics.
[edit] Community Work
Shelby has been an active member of the recovery community in the Twin Cities area, openly discussing his battle with alcoholism during his twenties, his DWI arrest and conviction, and his twenty-eight years of sobriety with community organizations, recovery communities, churches, and other organizations. He has also been active in the development of the Mississippi River waterfront and river preservation work, as well as energy conservation and renewable energy, notably through his Emmy-award winning series, Project Energy.
