About Angilee Shah

Angilee Shah is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the nonprofit news organization Charlottesville Tomorrow, in Central Virginia. She is a coach for news organizations and journalism change makers around the country who specializes in building teams, budgets and editorial strategy for people and communities too often left out of media narratives. Shah spent six years as a founding editor of Global Nation, PRI’s The World’s coverage of immigration in the US, where in one year she brought 50 new contributors to the program. As a reporter and editor, her work has been read and heard around the world, including a book about everyday lives in China and a trio of investigative stories about the end of Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war.

Charlottesville Tomorrow

Charlottesville Tomorrow is a community-driven, socially conscious nonprofit news organization. The organization serves diverse communities by connecting them to each other and to the issues that affect them most. Founded in 2005, Charlottesville Tomorrow is made up of a team of six staff members, independent journalists and contributors, and a board of 15 dedicated community members. Shah took the helm after serving on the board and then as editor-in-chief for three years. Her predecessor, Giles Morris was the executive director since 2018 and oversaw the organization's re-commitment to equity in news, and was a founding member of Charlottesville Inclusive Media. You can subcribe to Charlottesville Tomorrow's free email newsletter at cvilletomorrow.org.