A colorful walk through the life and career of a person who has served as a special investigator, nonprofit foundation communications director, university spokesperson, professor and was a high-end EF3 tornado and bus crash survivor, Dr. Matt Charles provides case studies from a guy who generally ends up being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Shit Show
provides personal reflections and lessons learned from a one-of-a-kind individual whose life path has set him on a collision course with many crises - so many that colleagues have referred to him as a "shit magnet." From a New York City child fatality case that became a dual-crime scene when a reporter was struck by a vehicle to squashing a uranium mining project in his hometown to the tragic 2017 Unite the Right rally when Nazis and white supremacists stormed Charlottesville, Virginia, and the University of Virginia to the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt lays out compelling first-hand narratives of what happened, how, the impact and response, and what could have been done better.
This book provides an engaging read for crisis students and practitioners alike, as well as a broader readership.