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Jan. 15th Covering a disaster at sea

TAKEAWAY: It was supposed to be the cruise of a lifetime for many of the thousands of passengers on board the Italian cruiseliner that ran aground this weekend.  We show you how Il Secolo XIX ,Bild and other newspapers covered it.  THIS WEEK: Reporting from Hong Kong

Coverage of tragedy at sea in Italy

The pages above are from the Italian daily, Il Secolo XIX, published in Genoa, a coastal city where the ship that ran aground was constructed

As someone who has taken many cruises around the world—-and who still hopes to take a couple—-I was shocked to see the images that have come out after the luxury cruiseliner, Costa Concordia, ran aground and tipped over off Italy’s coast .  Hard to imagine that something like that could happen.

I knew I had to contact Massimo Gentile, design director, Il Secolo XIX of Genoa, Italy, since I had also read that the ship was made in Genoa, which has a busy port where one also sees many cruiseliners picking up and bringing in passengers to that scenic and historic city. The ship in the accident was built in 2006 in Genoa by Fincantieri,  and is the largest ship in the Costa group, a company that was started also in Genoa, but which is now part of the US cruise group, Carnival.

Massimo has sent the images that accompany this blog post.

“It is difficult to imagine that the Captain of this cruiseliner had no idea there were rocks in the area where he allegedly took the boat to give the tourists a more scenic view of the coast,“ Massimo wrote me.  “Even the Google map will tell you that there are rocks in that area.“

Massimo has also sent us front pages of three other Italian newspapers covering the tragedy:

Corriere Della Sera

Il Giornale

La Repubblica

Coverage in US newspapers

The New York Times: I am surprised that the Times allowed the ship’s photo so much real estate, but a good thing

The Washington Post (used image for top of the page promos); obviously, the Post had its own exclusive story as a lead, including images

The Miami Herald: I am not surprised of the great photo presentation across six columns, as Miami is perhaps the capital of cruises, so this news is of great interest to Miami Herald readers

El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida)

Tampa Bay Times

 

Coverage from Bild in Germany

In addition, Frank Deville has sent us images from the Sunday edition of Bild, the German daily.

 

 

 

For more information: http://www.htrnews.com/article/20120115/MAN0101/201150461/Luxury-cruise-ship-runs-aground-off-Italy-s-coast

From the UK

The Guardian

 

Front pages we like

Liberation (France)

Here is a page one from the French daily Liberation. Needs no explanation.  Information conveyed in a quick 10 seconds or less.  France’s credit has been downgraded, and we know who the editors of Liberation think is responsible. Hmmmmmmmm.

 

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Posted by Dr. Mario R. Garcia on January 15, 2012