Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
One of my favorite things in the entire world is to lie in bed with the lights out, just the faint glow of my e-reader lighting up the edge of my pillow as I flip the virtual pages of a thriller that, by the end, leaves me gasping. I award bonus points if it keeps me up past my bedtime. That part doesn’t feel too great in the morning, when I’m fumbling to make that first cup of strong tea, but the rush is worth it.
Laurie Ahmadi is a 911 dispatcher and a former police officer living in a small Northern California town. She’s settling in for another night on the job when she gets a call from a voice she instantly recognizes: her 16-year-old daughter, Jojo, saying, “Mama? Help me.” Jojo doesn’t know where she is, how she got there, or if she’s OK. What’s more, Jojo’s best friend, Harper Cunningham, who was with her earlier in the evening, is missing.
The author, R.H. Herron worked for seventeen years as a 911 fire/medical dispatcher. We asked her to write about the things the public doesn’t know about that job, and about the things we should all keep in mind in an emergency. Cell Phones Don’t Always Provide Reliable Locations On TV, you see the screen triangulate your location with pinpoint accuracy. Oh, we wish. Up until just a few years ago, we really had almost no idea where you were if you called on a cell phone.
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
