Andrew Oppmann, a former media executive for news organizations in seven states, leads MTSU’s efforts to tell our unique stories on multiple platforms. His team shapes and implements organic and paid advertising and communications strategies that serve the needs and priorities of the university’s colleges and units. As the university’s chief spokesman, Oppmann also works with the President and Provost to shape executive-level outreach.

As executive producer of MTSU True Blue TV, Oppmann is also responsible for the university’s premier video platform and public access channel for live broadcasts, campus original programming and event productions. He is host and executive producer of “Out of the Blue,” MTSU’s public service program that airs on Nashville’s WTVF’s NewsChannel 5+, as well as channels in 17 states. During his tenure, MTSU received its first Emmy Award in 2024 and multiple Telly Awards for various projects.

And he has led several special initiatives, such as bolstering MTSU’s ties to several countries; helping launch the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center; and establishing partnerships with major brands, including The Grammys; Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival; the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture event; Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force volunteer civilian auxiliary; the Grand Ole Opry; Nashville Predators; Nashville Sounds; Big Machine Music City Grand Prix; Tennessee Air National Guard; and the Middle Tennessee Council of Scouting America.

Oppmann was an executive, editor or reporter for news organizations in Alabama, California, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Before joining MTSU in 2010, he was a vice president at The Tennessean in Nashville and president and publisher of Gannett Tennessee’s media groups in Murfreesboro (The Daily News Journal) and Clarksville (The Leaf-Chronicle). He earned his master’s degree from MTSU in strategic leadership and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in journalism.

Oppmann is a lieutenant colonel in Civil Air Patrol; an Army Reserve Ambassador on behalf of MTSU’s Army ROTC program; and, as an Eagle Scout, a volunteer Scouts BSA leader. An adjunct professor of journalism in MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment since 2011, he was conferred lifetime membership and regent status by the Associated Press Media Editors for his career as a journalist and educator. He currently serves on the Publisher’s Advisory Board for Stars and Stripes, which provides independent news and information to the U.S. military community.

He lives in Murfreesboro with his wife, Elise. Daughters Emily and Sarah are alumna of MTSU and their youngest, Rachel, enrolled at MTSU in the fall of 2024.

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