LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: ‘Good Morning America’ has been running a Safety Tips segment all summer which provides tips and advice for children as well as adults about playing in amusement parks, going to different public places or to work, swimming and surfing, everything that the weather of summer calls for. In a recent episode of the morning show, a new summer safety alert was introduced that called for effective self-defense measures in emergency scenarios for women.
Taking charge of this segment was a long-running technology contributor to ‘GMA’, Becky Worley, who reported from a park with self-defense expert Pat Thurman and enlightened viewers about the different safety measures women can take when running or hiking alone. Becky later explained what can make difference in a “dangerous situation” and help one in “getting away from a potential attacker” with the help of Pat.
Who is Becky Worley?
Becky Worley is a 52-year-old technology and consumer correspondent for ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’. She has been a tech reporter/producer since 1998 with nearly three decades of experience in this field. Becky started her TV career fresh out of college, working in news for Seattle's KOMO-TV. While working there, she developed an interest in technology and booming Internet facilities. In 1998, Becky excitedly joined an all-technology TV network called ZDTV in San Francisco where the network was ramping up its production scale and values.
During her six years at ZDTV, Becky produced three different shows, hosted a live, hourlong computer help call-in show, and was later promoted to the post of anchor when they created an eight-hour technology news format, From there she started making guest appearances on CNN and ‘Good Morning America’ as a tech expert and was eventually hired as ABC's technology contributor in 2005. She has since remained a long-running and trustworthy correspondent of the morning show.
Becky’s ‘GMA’ segment about women’s safety
Becky hosted a self-defense segment for emergency scenarios for women from Nashville, Tennessee. The 52-year-old, joined by self-defense expert Pat, explained that women are “too polite to act at first but asserting yourself early can make a difference.” Becky also threw light on the emergency features in the phone that can be used to scare predators away and suggested carrying a whistle or other legal self-defense weapons while running. Becky also echoed Pat’s sentiment of using a Kubaton, a pointed metal sheet that can be used as a self-defense weapon in these situations. She also broke the myth that using a key held between your fingers could help in defense, explaining that it could lead to self-injury. Towards the end, she urged the viewers to be “assertive and act early” which she learned from Pat.
