Environmental journalism was the topic of a recent edition of “MTSU On the Record” on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).

Host Gina Logue’s interview with MTSU alumna Jessica Beard Morrison is available for listening here.

Alumna Jessica Morrison poses outside the offices of the Chicago Tribune. (photo submitted)

Morrison, a Lewisburg, Tenn., native, graduated from MTSU in 2007. She served a 10-week summer internship at the Chicago Tribune this year under the mentorship of the deputy editor of the newspaper’s investigative reporting and consumer watchdog team.

Topics of the scientific stories Morrison wrote for the Tribune include a national effort to identify and map the diversity of ants in the United States and the controversy over the use of substances used in dental sedation.

To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to the “Audio Clips” archives here and here.

For more information about “MTSU On the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.