BIG NEWS!!!
(Please scroll down to see upcoming press or to listen to past press)
CNN: “Journeying Home to Tell My Truth” by Christal Presley; video by Evelio Contreras, December 8, 2012
CBS (Richmond): “Christal Presley, Ph.D,” Virginia this Morning, November 12, 2012
NBC (Atlanta): “Atlanta Woman Deals with Her Dad’s Demons, which Ultimately Became Her Own” by Melissa Long, November 12, 2012
Atlanta Journal Constitution: :“Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD”; cover feature, November 11, 2012
CBS (Atlanta): “Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD,” Better Mornings Atlanta, November 8, 2012
CNN: “A Daughter Faces Demons of Father’s War” by Moni Basu, November 4, 2012
Fox News: “Military PTSD App” by Doug Evans, October 15, 2012
Upcoming Press
Winter 2013: feature article and excerpt in ABILITY Magazine (circulation 165,000)
Winter 2013: featured author and 300-word excerpt in Virginia Tech Magazine (circulation: 200,000)
Winter 2013: book review in Americal Division Veterans Association Journal (circulation: 3,000)
Fall 2013: 6,000-word excerpt published in anthology of military experience (edited by Tracy Crow); forthcoming from The University of Nebraska Press
Past Press
Guest on WFSK Health-Watch (88.1 FM, Fisk University, Nashville, TN), January 24, 2013
Guest webinar speaker at Friends’ Health Connection (virtual community and non-profit organization interested in helping people who suffer from all types of medical conditions); 7:30 PM EST; January 17, 2013
Guest on NPR (Sirius Radio, nationally-syndicated), January 12, 2013
Guest on “The Good News with Angie Austin” on KLVZ and KLTT (Denver, Colorado), January 2013
Guest on CBS Radio’s “The Sky. New Horizons. No Boundaries.™ Network” with Sherry Gaba (Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Seattle), January 8, 2013
Guest on KATQ Radio (Plentywood, Montana), December 19, 2012
Guest on AM 720 KBRT The Bottom Line (Southern California), December 14, 2012
Guest on Let’s Just Talk with Kathryn Raaker, ChristianTalk 1050 AM (Cincinnati, OH), December 6, 2012
Guest on MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer, WPFW-FM 89.3 (Washington, DC), December 6, 2012
Guest at Lines of Work: Conflict, Its Aftermath, and Art (Atlanta, GA), December 6, 2012 (sponsored by WonderRoot, Emory Center for Ethics: Ethics and the Arts Iniative, and Georgia State University’s Center for Collaborative and International Arts)
Guest on KXLO KCLM Radio (Lewistown, Montana), December 4, 2012
Guest on Veterans’ Now Radio (New York City & New Jersey), December 1, 2012
Article and excerpt published in Case in Point (circulation: 10,000 healthcare professionals), December 2012
“Thirty Days with My Father” interview in Lifestyles After 50 magazine (Florida-based; circulation: 250,000), December 2012
“Worth Reading: Thirty Days with My Father,” WE Magazine for Women, November 18, 2012
”Interview with Christal Presley” guest on KBOO Veterans Voice Radio in Portland, OR, November 16, 2012
“An Interview with Christal Presley: Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD” by Michael Shaughnessy, Education News, November 16, 2012
“Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD,” guest on American Hero Radio, November 15, 2012
“How Families Cope with PTSD & Life After Trauma,” radio interview Dr. Frank Ochberg on Your Life After Trauma with Michele Rosenthal, November 15, 2012
“Christal Presley, PhD, author of Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD”, guest on The Michael Dresser Show, November 14, 2012
“A Father’s Tale. A Daughter’s Understanding,” by Scott Brooks, Showcase Magazine, pages 22-24 (feature and excerpt)
“East Atlanta Author Addresses Vietnam War’s Effect on Family in Book” by Nicole Dow, DeKalb Neighbor, November 7, 2012
“Her Dad’s PTSD: A Glimpse into PTSD’s Impact on Veterans’ Children” (p. 17) by Melissa Renahan, JBLM Spouses magazine November 5, 2012
Guest on News & Views (Information Radio Network; broadcast in 127 cities across the U.S.), November 2, 2012
Guest on 91.1 FM in Bel Air, MD, November 2, 2012
“30 Days with My Father” by Susan Mittleman on NPR, WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta, GA: October 31, 2012
“Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD” on Family of a Vet BlogTalk Radio, October 30, 2012
“Atlanta Memoirists Risk Writing Truth about Living Relatives” by Michelle Hiskey, Saporta Report: Atlanta, GA: October 29, 2012
Guest on WIS-AM 1320, Columbia, SC: October 26, 2012
Guest on Q104.5 FM, Krush 92.5, 93.3 KZOZ, and 98.1 K-Jug in San Luis Obispo, CA (Part I: Interview); (Interview: Part II); (Interview: Part III): October 20, 2012
Interview with KAZM-AM 780 in Northern Arizona: October 18, 2012
Guest on Bulldog and the Rude Awakening Show WOCM-FM 98.1 in Ocean City, MD (click “Rude Awakening Show: 10/17/12″ at http://www.irieradio.com/ocean-city-maryland-podcasts to listen to interview.) October 17, 2012
National Defense Radio: Part I of Interview; Part II of Interview, October 13, 2012
Guest on AM-730 Morning Show in Albuquerque, NM (link unavailable): October 11, 2012
Book Review on Family of a Vet: PTSD, TBI, & Life after Combat on October 6, 2012
“Veteran’s Daughter Gives Advice to Parents Struggling with Wartime PTSD,” by Christal Presley, October 2012, Ezine article
Book Review in Publishers Weekly on October 1, 2012
Book Review in The VVA Veteran on September 23, 2012
“Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD” Interview with Christal on Voices of Warriors BlogTalk Radio, August 28, 2012
“Thirty Days with My Father” Interview with Christal on PTS Treatment Worldwide BlogTalk Radio, August 6, 2012
“Carapace Seeks Storytellers for Vietnam Event” by Kate Sweeney, NPR, WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta, GA: July 31, 2012
“While Battling Vietnam Scars, Memoirist Receives Nearly $5000 in City Water Fight” by Michelle Hiskey, Saporta Report, May 2012
“Talks with Dad Ease Vietnam Scars” by Helena Oliviero, Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 2010 (circulation 400,000+)
