The Center for Investigative Reporting's California Watch site has a really fascinating multi-part, multi-media report about problems with creation and enforcement of construction standards, which have left the State's public schools vulnerable to earthquakes.
The report, itself, is great, but I wanted to highlight one aspect of this package that might otherwise go unnoticed. Included in the On Shaky Ground report is an interactive timeline documenting "the story behind the story". It's a great inside look at how journalism sausages get made—and how an assignment to write a short piece about the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta 'quake evolved into something much larger, and much more important.
Via Allie Wilkinson
