– Do research on the unsafe living cnoditions in the Bronx, NY. Look up information on many tenants suing landlords due to such condeitions like no heating, pests, etc.
– The new story shouild be based off of anything that collectively makes living conditions in the Bronx, Ny unsafe.
– Also, please do reasearch on the fire that occured in the Bronx, NY on January 9th killing 17 people. relate this incident along with whatever others you find back to the issue of unsafe living conditions in the Bronx to help emphasize how severe the issue is.
– i have attatched the rubric provided by the professor by which she is going to use to grade the assignment.
– Identify and find public records that provide context to your issue and solution. Use facts/statistics/data from at least THREE reputable, public sources. Facts should be incorporated into the piece and attributed.
Identify a feature story format from an example in the Solutions Story Tracker and outline your article. Consider how you will start your story using a delayed lead and nutgraph construction instead of a basic news lead
– IMPORTANT: Look for possible solutions to the unsafe living conditions. USE STATISTICS TO BACK UP THESE SOLUTIONS. The solutions could include non- profits in the Bronx, or whatever other resources are available in the Bronx to those in the community and currently living in unsafe living conditions.
– PLEASE INCLUDE STATISTICS TO PROVE THE SEVERITY OF THE UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE BRONX, NY.
-PLEASE INCLUDE AND EXPLAIN WHY THE RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS YOU REASEARCHED WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, AND HOW
– LASTLY, PLEASE FOLLOW THE RUBRIC AS A CHECKLIST I UPLOADED TO THE FILES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THE STORY.