An MTSU junior who’s also a national scholarship winner discussed the careers available in “outdoor journalism” on a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

Angele Latham

Host Gina Logue’s interview with Angele Latham first aired Jan. 9 on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org. You can listen to their conversation above.

Latham, a journalism major from Bon Aqua, Tennessee, is the 2017 recipient of the Lindsay Sale-Tinney Award from the Outdoor Journalist Education Foundation of America. She received the honor at the annual conference of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, which took place last fall in Gilbertsville, Kentucky.

The stipend will enable the nature lover to report on various aspects of outdoor life ranging from hunting and fishing to conservation and birdwatching.

Latham said she does not hunt, but she acknowledged that her readership will include both hunters who defend the Second Amendment and environmentalists who insist on as little disturbance of the animal kingdom as possible.

“Hunters do appreciate wildlife just as much as nonhunters do,” Latham said. “Really, you do have to adapt to both audiences because we both appreciate nature. I can’t …  reach the audiences I want unless I understand what I’m presenting.”

You can learn more about Latham and her work here. She studies in MTSU’s School of Journalism, which is part of the university’s College of Media and Entertainment

To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, visit the searchable “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.

This undated outdoor photo is an example of the work of MTSU junior Angele Latham, the first woman to receive the Lindsay Sale-Tinney Scholarship, which paid for her registration and travel to the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association Regional Conference held last fall in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of Angele Latham)