About
Writer, published author, editor extraordinaire, speaker, spokesperson, teacher — NancyKay Wessman works with message and audience to assure clear, concise, consistent communications. She grew up in the backshop of a small Mississippi newspaper and print shop. With the fast-moving world of technology, she’s moved from linotype machines and melted lead slugs to Internet publishing. She knows something about each process in every step of the way.
NancyKay Wessman writes, edits, reads, and tells stories.
She’s a public health expert through work and education.
She’s written everything from annual reports to websites,
from newspaper articles to books. She values truth.
She’s also a public relations consultant and speaker.
Sometimes she cooks, gardens, and entertains.
Featured Work
Katrina, Mississippi: Voices From Ground Zero
For twelve years, Katrina held all the “most horrible, most expensive” titles for U.S. hurricanes. When the monster storm slammed into Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in 2005, public health physician Robert Travnicek, MD, MPH, firmly faced the disaster. In Katrina, Mississippi: Voices from Ground Zero, Doctor Travnicek and other first responders reveal what really happened during Katrina: what they did to get ready, how they managed from inside the emergency operations centers in Hancock and Harrison Counties, the catastrophic destruction they dealt with for several years to come.
Lessons they learned help prepare current and future first responders to strengthen emergency management planning and response, to best handle any potential disaster, from extreme heat and ice storms to terrorism and tornadoes.
