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Cindy Wall Morrison -
Kappa Alpha Theta
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Award-winning journalist, Cindy Wall Morrison, joined Tulsa’s
News Channel 8 in 1997. She anchors the 5 p.m. newscast and
leads the station’s investigative unit. Cindy just won an Emmy
and a National Gracie Allen Award in New York City for her
investigative work. Before coming to Tulsa, Cindy worked for
nearly a decade in Oklahoma City television. Cindy and her news
team earned a Peabody award for coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma
City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building.
In her
career, Cindy has also covered other major news events including
the 51-day cult standoff in Waco, Texas, and the Free
Willy/Keiko story in Iceland.
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Cindy’s ties to Oklahoma run deep. Her paternal
great, great-grandfather was one of the first American Indian
agents, and her maternal great-grandfather participated in the
Sooner Land Run. Her family still owns the original plot near
Guthrie. She was born in Norman and is the third generation to
graduate from the University of Oklahoma.
While at OU, Cindy was a member of the President’s Leadership
Class, received the Director’s Award for Outstanding Journalism
and was on the Dean’s Honor Roll. She was a member of the Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority and was a Bat Girl for the baseball team.
She trained vocally with Florence Birdwell at Oklahoma City
University for years. She also placed as third runner-up in the
Miss Oklahoma Pageant.
Cindy continues her education by attending investigative
reporting seminars and has twice studied at the prestigious
Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Florida.
After covering the Oklahoma City bombing, Cindy was inspired to
start the city’s first K-9 Search and Rescue team. She and her
German Shepherd, Mischa, spent countless hours training together
and going on missions. Though retired from service, Mischa
visits nursing homes with Cindy as a therapy dog.
Cindy is a member of IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors),
SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) and AWRT (American
Women in Radio and Television). In the community, she’s
currently on the board of directors for the Crime Commission,
the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center and the Center for Individuals
with Physical Challenges. She is a spokeswoman for the SafeKids
Coalition and is a sustaining board member of the Junior League.
She has served on the steering committee for the Governor and
First Lady’s Marriage Initiative and served as a board member
for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American
Lung Association.
Morrison has been married to her husband, Todd, for 16 years.
They have two children, 8-year-old Peyton and 6-year-old
Marlowe.
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