MURFREESBORO — A new MTSU course focused on techniques for dispensing
information in times of crisis will be the topic on the next “MTSU On the
Record” radio program.
Host
Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Cary Greenwood, assistant professor of
journalism, will air from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 3, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, June 9, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Beginning
this fall, Greenwood will teach a course in crisis communication from 12:40 to
2:05 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The
course will help students learn how to deal with a crisis as a manager and a public
relations practitioner.
Greenwood’s
first experience in this area occurred shortly after she graduated from the
University of Oklahoma in the 1970s. She was reading news at KOMA-AM in Moore,
Okla., when tornadoes struck. The basement of the radio station was the tornado
shelter for the entire community.
“My
job became, as the tornado approached, really, to warn residents and broadcast
‘take cover,’ and they did,” Greenwood said. “They were coming into the station
while the engineer and I monitored the news.”
A
tornado swept through the area on May 30, 2013, damaging nearly 2,400 homes in
both Moore and Oklahoma City, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
Management.
To listen to previous programs, go to the “Audio Clips”
archives at www.mtsunews.com.
For more information about “MTSU On the Record,” contact
Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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