Internal Affairs

I'm currently sitting on press row at the gold medal game of the Global Games basketball tournament at SMU's Moody Coliseum. Before the game tonight, I was approached by a man who handed me a business card listing him as the President and CEO of 990 AM The Sports Fan, a local sports radio station.

In speaking with him, I learned that he had read several of my articles and thought highly of my work. He had spoken on air to columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor earlier in the week, asking him about who I am and what I'm doing. Jacques, a mentor of mine even before I began my internship, told him that I was one of The News' "high school projects."

To make a long story, er, conversation, short, I will be on 990 AM at 8:20 a.m. on Monday to discuss recent events I've covered, as well as my internship experience as a whole. While The News is providing me print opportunities I couldn't even fathom before my internship began, this new enterprise into radio will give me a first look at other avenues of journalism in a business that's beginning to lean heavily toward convergence.