Shelton Dodson ek prasiddh patrakar hain jinhone New Mexico aur Texas me 24 varsh tak broadcast patrakarita me yogdan diya hai. Apne career ke dauran, unhone kai mahatvapurn padon par kaam kiya, jaise reporter, anchor, videographer, aur editor. Unhone apna career 1994 me KVIA-TV, El Paso me shuru kiya, aur baad me KENS5-TV (San Antonio), KOB-TV (Albuquerque), KFOX-TV aur KDBC-TV (El Paso) jaise channels ke saath jude rahe. Unki mehnat aur samarpan ke liye, 2006 me New Mexico Broadcasters Association ne unhe ‘News Story of the Year’ aur ‘News Reporter of the Year’ ke samman se nawaza.
December 2023 me, New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) ne Shelton Dodson ko apna naya Director of Public Affairs niyukt kiya. Is naye pad par, Dodson New Mexico ke krishi udhyog ko badhava dene aur samarthan dene ke liye apne anubhav aur gyaan ka upayog kar rahe hain. Unhone apni khushi vyakt karte hue kaha, “NMDA ke liye kaam karna mere liye ek sapne jaisa hai. New Mexico ke krishi udhyog ko badhava dene ke kaam me apne anubhav aur gyaan ka upayog karna ek win-win sthiti hai.”
NMDA ke Secretary, Jeff Witte, ne bhi Dodson ki niyukti par apni prasannata vyakt ki aur kaha, “Humein vishwas hai ki Shelton hamare vibhag me ek vishisht kaushal set lekar aate hain. Unka vishal anubhav humein janata ke saath samvad karne aur suchit karne me madad karega.”
Apne naye pad ke alawa, Dodson samay-samay par samajik muddon par bhi apni rai vyakt karte hain. Ek recent post me, unhone ek shaheed veer ko sammanit karne ke liye ek daud ka aayojan kiya, jisme logon ko bina kisi panchikaran ke shamil hone ka aamantran diya.
Samarthak aur mitra, Robert Holguin, ne bhi Dodson ke saath apne purane sambandh ko yaad kiya aur unke yogdan ko saraha.
Aaj, Shelton Dodson NMDA ke Director of Public Affairs ke roop me New Mexico ke krishi kshetra ke vikas aur samarthan me apna yogdan de rahe hain, aur apne patrakarita ke anubhav ka upayog karte hue is mahatvapurn kshetra ki kahaniyon ko logon tak pahuncha rahe hain.