Boat sunk by S. Korean cargo ship, crew missing

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/01/content_11243879.htm

A Chinese fishing boat was sunk by a South Korean cargo ship in waters off west coast of South Korea. This terrible accident happened on Wednesday. This is a summarize of the news “Boat sunk by S. Korean cargo ship, crew missing” which is presented in the first paragraph. The author used one sentence, summarized the whole news, gave us, the audiences the point very briefly and fast, and transferred the information very well. And at the end of this paragraph the author gave the source of the message, from Xinhua which is informed by the consulate office of the Chinese Embassy to South Korea. This piece of news is splendid because of its brevity and authority.

The second paragraph gave further details about the accident. The details quoted from the consulate office. It didn’t give the details of the victim boat but covered the name of the Korean cargo ship. The news told the exact name and the company to which it belonged. What was most important was that it gave the specific details of the accident, included the exact location and time, especially a very little detail which illustrated a key factor that is the accident spot was close to South Korea while the boat belonged to China.

Another crucial factor was the whole crew of the Chinese fishing boat went missing immediately after the accident took place. It meant this was a severe accident may lead to many deaths. And deaths will always be un-tolerant to any countries. Until the news came out, the exact number of the victim sailors was not available. But in the news they didn’t explain why there was no statistics about the deaths.

The rest part of the news was only covered the reaction of the Chinese government and a brief introduction about the rescue which was launched by South Korea. No other further specific and particular words were made. This may be the biggest flaw of this piece of news because the part which was not mentioned was just the very part people were urgent to know, was just the very part arouse people’s attention, was just the very part made the news more valuable.

Besides this drawback, short and lack of other elaboration about the process of the whole accident may be the problems too.