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About Don
WORK HISTORY
Don's more than 25 years of anchoring and reporting experience have helped him develop a well-respected reputation of journalistic integrity with a comfortable and personable on-air presentation. He currently reports nightly and fills in on the anchor desk for Atlanta News First - the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, GA.
WANF Atlanta News First - Peachtree TV
Atlanta, Georgia
May 2022 to Present
Reporter | MMJ | Fill-in Anchor
WKTV NEWSChannel 2
Utica, New York
January 2005 to April 2019
Anchor | Reporter | Producer
WIVT NewsChannel 34
Binghamton, New York
July 2002 to January 2005
Anchor | Producer
WWLP - 22 News
Springfield, Massachusetts
April 2019 to April 2022
Anchor | Investigative Reporter | Producer
WOUR - WUMX - Galaxy Communications
Utica, New York
January 2008 to April 2019
Radio News Updates - Weekdays
WUTR NewsChannel 20
Utica, New York
January 1998 to July 2002
Anchor | Producer | Reporter
![Don Shipman: News Anchor | Reporter | Producer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PYDiXbLWL-g/maxresdefault.jpg)
![First Alert Breaking News Tracker 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PYDiXbLWL-g/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PYDiXbLWL-g/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
First Alert Breaking News Tracker 2024
![Atlanta News First 2022-23](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_K0KqFXb0so/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_K0KqFXb0so/sddefault.jpg 3x)
Atlanta News First 2022-23
![Reporter live PKG - Botanical Garden Lights](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nAm2pAuWJxQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nAm2pAuWJxQ/sddefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Botanical Garden Lights
![Reporter live PKG - Butts County Water](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EEVAsdxDngM/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EEVAsdxDngM/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Butts County Water
![Reporter live PKG - Butts County power outages](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPDuo7k6XS0/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPDuo7k6XS0/sddefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Butts County power outages
![Reporter live PKG - Peach Drop](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjRdaxIoJ-Y/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjRdaxIoJ-Y/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Peach Drop
![Reporter live PKG - Snow preps for roads](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S_HfbdWVX4M/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S_HfbdWVX4M/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Snow preps for roads
![Reporter live PKG - Griffin tornado cleanup](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r-EPhTyuPzo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r-EPhTyuPzo/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Griffin tornado cleanup
![Reporter live PKG - Butts County tornado damage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IvzDXmQygHQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IvzDXmQygHQ/hqdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Butts County tornado damage
![Reporter live PKG - Teen curfew](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WsvzQnqZpmc/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WsvzQnqZpmc/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter live PKG - Teen curfew
![Reporter Live - Bail and Repeat Offenders](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L9oKThHaFS4/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L9oKThHaFS4/sddefault.jpg 3x)
Reporter Live - Bail and Repeat Offenders
![I-Team reporter package- The taxpayer cost of illegal dumping](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e6gztMl0aNA/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e6gztMl0aNA/maxresdefault.jpg 3x)