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Props to Tony Pinciaro

September

For those who didn’t see the story on A1 (that is, the front cover of the paper), my colleague Tony Pinciaro did a fantastic job cobbling together in about 45 minutes a “story on Brewster’s Jessi-Ann Betcher”:http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/NEWS04/709260376. Betcher came back from a heart transplant to not only play varsity soccer but score in a win over Peekskill.

Tony had never heard Betcher’s name as of 8:30 last night. He got a call from Bears coach Eric Buzzetto and, with deadline breathing down his neck and no background info to rely on, conducted interviews and wrote a complete story. Kudos to him.

I’ll follow up on Betcher in the coming weeks. Hopefully my editors will let me tackle the story in more detail, with a little more time to do research.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 at 7:30 pm by Jake Thomases. Print | Email

One Response to “Props to Tony Pinciaro”

Scott Smolka December 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hi. I heard about Jessie-Ann’s story on WFAN this morning. Am wondering if you could let her know about the upcoming 2008 US Transplant Games happening this July in Pittsburgh? Team Liberty, consisting of some 40 transplant athletes from the Greater NY/NJ area, will be there competing in olympic-style events. It would be fantastic to have Jessie join the team if she is interested. She could google “2008 US Transplant Games” or email me (sas@cs.sunysb.edu) for more info. Thank you. Scott Smolka

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