Work in progress

This is the work blog for the Investigations in Depth class at NYU during the spring 2008 semester. It contains the exploratory notes, memos, budget lines, pitches, rough drafts and revised drafts with cited sources. The final work is posted at http://skyscraperproject.blogspot.com/

This is the story that 15 graduate school student journalists found in their investigations:

Skyscraper Safety in NYC Post-9/11
For weeks, a group of student-reporters at New York University set out to understand and describe skyscraper safety in New York in the post-September 11, 2001 era. The product became the stories you see posted here. Members of Prof. Jan Barry’s Investigations in Depth class looked into everything from the width of stairwells in commercial buildings to evacuation procedures, from problems in high-rise residential buildings to recent construction-related deaths in the city. New Yorkers, visitors to the city and workers want to be safe not just inside buildings, but also while walking by buildings and working on the buildings. The 15-part report was produced by a diverse group of student-reporters (see bios after each story) over the course of a semester. We hope these stories will add substance to the discussion about skyscraper safety in New York City.

Jan Barry
Adjunct professor of journalism
New York University
Staff writer, The Record (Bergen Co., NJ)
janbarry61@hotmail.com