Shelly Dass

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Shelly Dass-Manning
Born
Shelly Dass

Trinidad
OccupationJournalist & Media executive

Shelly Dass (now Dass-Manning) is an international and government relations strategy advisor. She has worked with public and private partners on energy and development projects across the Americas. She has served as a senior political advisor in Washington, D.C to the Organization of American States working with 34 member states and 64 observer countries, partner agencies and special interest groups. Shelly Dass started her career as a journalist, television news anchor and current affairs producer and has been recognized for her work in media through multiple awards.

Dass was formerly known as a

Cable News Channel 3.[2]

Childhood and early career

Dass was born and raised in the private oil community of

Pointe-a-Pierre, south Trinidad. Her father was a senior employee of Texaco, Trintoc, and state-owned Petrotrin for many years. She was educated at St Peters' Private Primary School in Pointe-a-Pierre, St. Joseph's Convent, and later, Oral Roberts University in the United States, where she studied broadcast journalism.[2] She is the holder of a master's degree from the University of London[citation needed
].

Anchorwoman

Dass was a news anchor at both

CNC3. With Dass as both producer and host, the show won 4 awards for analysis and coverage three months into its airing. Dass returned to Trinidad in 2015 and was carded to be the moderator of the Prime Minister's Debate between then Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar and then Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Rowley
. This debate however, never happened. In 2015, Dass returned to CNC3 to anchor the station's 10 year anniversary newscast along with former anchors Odeka O'Neil Seaton and Roger Sant. She would stay with the company and be promoted to Head of News of the Guardian Media Limited, parent company of CNC3 taking up responsibility for all news and editorial content of CNC3, the Guardian newspaper, 6 associated radio stations and multiple online news platforms.

Personal life

On December 12, 2020, Dass wed Brian Manning

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the late Patrick Manning, and former education minister Hazel Manning
.

Dass was previously married to Robert Clarke, a producer and reporter in a million dollar beachfront ceremony at a private family owned resort in Tobago.[4] Clarke is the great great grandson of Captain Arthur Andrew Cipriani, former Trinidad & Tobago politician, mayor, and trade union leader. Clarke, a journalist and writer, met Dass during a cabinet press conference in Port of Spain. The couple is divorced and share one child together.

References

  1. ^
    Trinidad Guardian
    , Retrieved December 21, 2010
  2. ^ a b There's something about Shelly: TV anchor Shelly Dass tells how faith gives her life that extra 'something', Upstream Magazine, Retrieved December 21, 2010
  3. Trinidad Express
    , Retrieved April 28, 2021
  4. Trinidad Guardian
    , Retrieved December 21, 2010
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