How I Covered My Story

This assignment was fun. Difficult but fun.

When professor Nicholson gave us the assignment on Tuesday and told us we were allowed only one day to finish the whole thing, I was really nervous and shocked. Initially, I wanted to cover something about the death of IST’s dean, but that didn’t seem practical because the only natural sound I could think of was the sound of keyboard typing, which was lame. Later that night, I e-mailed professor Nicholson and asked him if I could do a story on the NBC Olympics internship or the price of the juice in vending machines, but both were turned.

So I went to Room 338 the next morning and asked professor Nicholson how I could go about the NBC internship “issue” so it would be possible to write a story on it. Professor told me I should think outside the box and suggested an alternative approach for my story. Just when I thought all problems were finally solved and I shall live happily ever after from now on, the hardest part emerged – to get an interview. I ran around Newhouse I, II and III looking for interviewees, but of the ten people I asked, people were either on their way to their next class, weren’t interested in this internship, or had never even heard about it (which surprised me a little). By two thirty p.m. I only had two O.K. interviews, but there was no time for me to find another interviewee anymore so I ran to the classroom and started working on my wrap before it was too late. Eventually I finished the assignment. It could have been better, but I’m happy with the way it turned out anyway. So yeah, over all this first try was quite an experience.