Article Critique

In this article, the journalist is basically just summarizing the outline of a story of a family caught in a flood. Since the article is referring to information that had just happened yesterday there are no names involved. The information that was provided to the journalist seems accurate and informative for the amount of information that has been leaked on this story. The author identifies all his sources of information, with names and times. I can tell when reading the article that the author had gotten reliable information from the Department of Public Safety, the Sheriff's Office, and a spokesman whom is cited as well. Also the author mentions that he gets some of his information from preliminary reports which provided him with the events that led up to the 6 year old boy disappearance. Even though the article is short it seems to be as complete as it can be at this point in the investigation. I would defiantly assume that there will be a follow u article to explain further. This article seems to be fair and have no controversy. Its nice that they kept the boys and the families name private until other information is acquired. I feel that if the author provided the names, it would be cause for controversy, because of the harm it would do to the families social status. There are no opinions in this article, which is good because this is a very sensitive article and opinions are not necessary. It is simply a reported story for the public to be aware of. The author gets straight to the point and hits the high points first and simply explains the positions that the police and rescue teams are in. It is quite brief which is nice, there is nothing unnecessary in the article that could throw the reader off. Although there could be more content is clear, interesting and direct. There is even a picture that goes with the story to help emphasize the activities.