essay

Publication Title

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

Article Title

Hawaii says fix in place after alarming error

Missile alert sparks terror; For nearly 40 minutes, vulnerable Hawaii thought the end was near.

Author(s)

Amy B Wang

Sonali Kohli, Michael A.W. Ottey, Heidi Cheng

Date

15 Jan 2018

14 Jan 2018

Focus (main point of the article)

The main focus is to explain the news of how this incident happened. It focuses on why It took so long for officials to fix the problem.

The main focus is on the feeling of the people that were in the island and how terrifying it was for them to go through that.

Purpose (why the article was written)

The purpose is to alert people that such incidents and that officials should have taken action sooner.

The purpose is to share the struggle of those who went through such a horrible experience.

Audience (who the article written is for)

This article is written for those who are more news focused and only want to know how it happened.

This article is written for those who didn’t go through this experience and want to know how it feels like to be in that situation.

Beginning (how the article starts)

The begging starts with explaining how and where this alarm error incident happened.

The begging starts with how everybody in the island were just doing the normal everyday routine but in one second everything turned upside down.

Ending (how the article ends)

The ending is informative and just informs the audience about the actions government is going to tale to fix the problem.

It explains how terrifying this whole experience was and how panic one can get during such moments.

Bias (one side favored over another)

This article isn’t favoring any sides.

This article is favored toward those who struggled with this experience and somehow blaming authorities for not acting faster.

Tone (writer’s feeling toward subject)

The writer’s tone is serious and informative. He just explains the facts.

The tone of the writers are very emotional as they share Hawaii’s community experience and how emotional they felt during that 45 minutes.

Organization (structure of the article)

The organization is on point. It first gives an overview on how it started and then moves on to details.

This article makes it so much easier for audience to sympathies with those who went through such a horrible experience.

Depth (how much detail/background info is provided)

This article shared all the details of everything that went on during the incident.

The article doesn’t share lots of detail.

Length of articles (word count/pages)

2 Pages/ 815 Words

The article could be written longer, and it could share more details.

3 Pages/ 1198 Words

The article is the perfect length. It shared complete facts with evidence.

Credibility (reliability of information)

Its written based on a newspaper so it must be reliable.

It is written from a newspaper so it’s a reliable source.

Types of sources cited (what kind of quotes/information from other people does the author use)

Newspaper

Newspaper