http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/world/asia/01china.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
The article I chose focuses on food contamination in China, and how the chemical melamine has leaked its way the U.S.’s animal feed.
The lede is a hard news lede because the article was published the same day the information became available, and answers the questions who, what, where, when, and why. The second paragraph clearly and concisely elaborates on the lede, because it expands on where the feed recalls were made, and the effects that the chemical melamine can have on humans.
The fourth and fifth paragraphs are the nut grafs, because aside from following shortly after the lede, they explain further the repercussions of the contamination. It describes how the past milk crisis ties into the story, and that this incident is another crisis causing concern about food from China. The fourth paragraph shows what safety officials in China are willing to do about the problem, and the fifth paragraph explains how the situation concerns the international public. An example of how citizens of the U.S. are coping with the problem is given in the fifth paragraph, where it shows how consumers e-mailed each other about candy and chocolate made in China in lieu of Halloween weekend.
The article is written in A-B-A-B format, because it begins giving an overview of the problem and how China is at fault, and then segues into the response of Chinese officials. Accusation is then turned over to the FDA and American food experts, who gave more evidence against the Chinese food industry. Paragraph fifteen contains the killer quote. Although it is not the first quote of the article, it sums up the basic problem contained in the article. The concern was whether or not melamine was leaked into the feed, and Qin Huaizhen, manager at the Gaocheng Kaishun Chemical Company, said directly that he heard that melamine was still being sold to feed producers.
The article ends with an important quote that looks toward the future, because it shows how the situation is being resolved. By offering details about how the feed is being regulated by the government, it shows that China has taken strides in the problem, and that the Chinese government is doing something to correct the situation.
