Shellie Nelson

Interactive Content Editor

Shellie joined the News 8 team producing web content in December 2011, when she and her husband moved to the Quad Cities to be closer to his family.

Shellie hails from Kansas City, where she worked as Executive Web Producer and previously as a senior assignment editor during her ten years at KSHB-TV. Her news background also includes work at WDAF-TV and KMBZ radio in Kansas City. Shellie also worked as a rush-hour traffic reporter and producer and spent a couple of years overseeing operations at a stock photography agency.

Shellie graduated Cum Laude from Park University where she majored in Communication Arts and minored in Marketing.

Working on web content lets her pursue her love of writing.

"I type and write fast and love discovering great stories in the most unusual places. I think above all else, it's important to maintain a healthy sense of humor about everything because the stuff worth doing should be fun!" says Shellie.

If you have a story idea to share, send it to her at shellie.nelson@wqad.com.

Recent Articles

  • Mom dies, gives birth, then is revived — and they’re both fine

    Posted on: 3:46 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    A Texas woman who was clinically dead gave birth to her baby and was revived, and now mother and baby are both fine.
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  • You can help name the falcon chicks

    Posted on: 3:36 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    MidAmerican Energy is asking for your help to name Peregrine falcon chicks hatched at two area nests.
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    First falcon chick of 2013 hatched the weekend of May 4-5.  Photo from MidAmerican Energy
  • Memorial Day Events

    Posted on: 3:11 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    A list of area Memorial Day events and observances in and around the Quad Cities.
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  • Illinois House passes concealed carry measure

    Posted on: 2:26 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    The Illinois House of Representatives passed a measure allowing concealed carrying of firearms in the state regardless of local ordinances.
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  • Survey: Iowa voters say yes to Hillary Clinton

    Posted on: 1:56 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    Hillary Clinton has the early edge in a key battleground state, should she choose to run for president in 2016.
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    Hillary Clinton (from HillaryClintonOffice.com)
  • Arias trial jury foreman calls decision ‘gut-wrenching’

    Posted on: 1:41 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and emotional.
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    Jodi Arias takes the stand in her own defense
  • 6 remain hospitalized after Moore, Oklahoma tornado

    Posted on: 1:40 pm, May 24, 2013, by

    Four days after a deadly tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, one child and one adult remain hospitalized in critical condition.
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    Wreckage of a neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma
  • Channel Cat water taxi resumes operation

    Posted on: 11:10 am, May 24, 2013, by

    The Channel Cat water taxi season opens Friday, May 24, 2013.
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    Channel Cat water taxi photo from gogreenmetro.com
  • Davenport man charged in connection with pedestrian death

    Posted on: 10:17 am, May 24, 2013, by

    A Davenport, Iowa man was released after spending about three hours in jail on charges of vehicular homicide.
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    Dale Varner (photo from Scott County Jail)
  • Broken water main closes 35th Street in Davenport

    Posted on: 9:57 am, May 24, 2013, by , updated on: 10:20am, May 24, 2013

    A break in a 12-inch water main forced the closure of a stretch of 35th Street in Davenport, Iowa.
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    35th closed for water main break 5-24-13 (WQAD Photo)
  • Amanda Bynes arrested in New York

    Posted on: 9:47 am, May 24, 2013, by

    Adding to what's becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her apartment.
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  • Photos: Moore, Oklahoma tornado damage

    Posted on: 9:04 am, May 24, 2013, by , updated on: 10:38am, May 24, 2013

    Our News 8 crew got a first-hand look at the tornado damage in Moore, Oklahoma.
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    Overturned car in front of medical center after tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma (WQAD Photo)