Eleanor Shaw is an accountability reporter at The Richmonder in Chesterfield County. Before joining Report for America, Shaw was editor-in-chief of James Madison University’s student-run newspaper, The Breeze, for two years. She also covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions on behalf of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. The summer before her senior year, Shaw interned at The Richmonder. In 2026, she graduated from James Madison University with a bachelor’s degree in media arts and design with a concentration in journalism.
Beat: Chesterfield County Accountability Reporter
Chesterfield County, Virginia has nearly 400,000 people, but no news outlet regularly covers its people or government. The county, which serves as a suburb to Richmond, has grown to be 10% Hispanic, and is grappling with a number of issues, including density and development, data centers, the presence of ICE and housing affordability. It was recently announced that the nation's first nuclear fusion power plant will be built there. Our reporter will talk to residents and tell their stories, so they can be heard by policymakers and other citizens.