Post for Week 6

Pretty hectic week 6. My journalism team struggled to find a story idea, as all of the contacts for our original story ideas were either out of town or would not talk to us. Monday we finally decided to do a study about how stress from swine flu affects students and a general study of the swine flu epidemic around this campus. My team member Yara and I interviewed an emerging infections coordinator for the Missouri Department of Health. We held an hour long interview with him and now I probably know way too much about swine flu and will be paranoid about a pandemic for the next couple of years.
I also interviewed several professors who hold large lecture halls as well as the assistant dean of the A&S department, then wrote a text piece on how professors are dealing with the campus-wide problem. We interviewed students who had swine flu also, and asked them about the stress they go through when they are required to keep up, but at the same time are told to stay home from school. I start my Missourian shift next week.