Shelby Mertens

Features Writer, Daily News-Record

United States of America

Hi! I'm a journalist looking for compelling stories to tell. I love travel, coffee and dogs.

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FLAVOR May 2017

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Bloom Fall 2016

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FLAVOR November 2016

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Washington Post
06/02/2017
The art of the scroll saw forms strong bonds

HARRISONBURG, Va. - On a recent Tuesday evening at Mount Pleasant Church of the Brethren, woodworkers assembled in the fellowship hall to lay out their latest work and talk shop. The Shenandoah Valley Scrollers carve out wood and other materials with a scroll saw to create everything from spoons, boxes and trivets, to beautiful and intricate decorative art pieces.

chicagotribune.com
09/26/2015
University professor testing foreign grain in Virginia soil

A Virginia State University professor is researching a foreign superfood grain that may soon be taking global markets by storm. Vitalis W. Temu, of VSU's Agricultural Research Station, is conducting a two-year study on Eragrostis tef - more commonly called teff grain - to see if it could be a profitable...

Vcu
11/26/2013
Infant mortality continues to plague Richmond

Richmond, Va., is a known hotspot for a variety of minority health disparities, such as heart disease, stroke and obesity. However, infant mortality is one of the biggest health disparities among minority populations in Richmond, particularly among African Americans.