When I entered the newsroom today I was met with the prospect of breaking news. Mouphtou Yarou, a freshman center from Africa for the Villanova basketball team was diagnosed with hepatitis B. John Quinn, the college editor, needed someone on the story and sent me to Villanova to meet with Yarou and the coach, Jay Wright.
After making my way to Villanova, I sat down with a Daily News reporter, coach Wright and Yarou around a small table after practice. We talked for about an hour about Yarou's disease and I got details about the complicated nature of his diagnosis and what the results would be.
I returned to the newsroom and worked with another intern, who did research on hepetitis, to put together a story. The result was a well written, well reported and well researchd story that will probably get some attention in tomorrow's paper.
Over the next few days, I have a season preview to write for a high school basketball team, and the possibility of college basketball games to cover. It should be a busy end of the semester, but I'm happy that the editors have enough confidence in me to give me such important stories.
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