Announcement March 17, 2014 As a spokesperson for the company, I would like to provide the family member of the trapped Chilean miners with and update. The San Jose gold and copper mine where 33 miners were working has collapse. It took 17 days, but we finally made contact with the miners and were able to lower the probe into the mine and make contact with the miners. After the contact was made we are attempting to send a narrow plastic tube down the narrow borehole to provide the miners with food
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as one. When a tragedy like the one in Chile occurs the media has to be careful with the way that they inform. Why? Because there are many personal interests involved. On one side you have the business people who on this case are the owners of the mine and on the other side you have the families whose relatives are trapped “at a depth of around 300 meters.” (Weik, J).The owners of the business don’t want to be looked up as the evil people who are responsible for the tragedy and on the other side
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Armentha Handy BCOM/275 Business Communications and Critical Thinking January 2, 2014 Professor Joseph Scott A little Coppermine that's situated in Chile, experienced a cave in that caused a total of thirty-three miners to be trapped underground August 5, 2010. The miners were trapped without sufficient oxygen, water, or food; no one knew for sure if the miners would stay alive. These miners were stuck underground for
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When informing an audience of news of any sort it is extremely important to make sure to please the audiences and inform the audience of the details that are available. In the article “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” the writer, Juan Weik, is straight to the point giving some details to the matter at hand. Weik doesn’t go to far in depth in his details just stating facts on what is happening. Weik is writing this to inform everyone of the incident including fellow workers
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in the information shared with others will not lead to a misunderstanding. As we look at the Chilean copper mine disaster in South America, knowing the audience will help the company communicate effectively between the workers needs, the needs of the entombed family members and the mass media. This information has to be told to each group in a different way. As we can all remember, a small copper mine in northern Chile suffered a cave-in on August 5, 2010, leaving 33 workers trapped underground
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misinformation travel rapidly in the surrounding areas near the crisis. Most of the times depending on the magnitude of the issue, word will quickly travel around a country and in certain cases the world. Word traveled quickly around the world when the San Jose mine collapsed in the Atacama region of Chile back on August 5, 2010 occurred. When communicating an incident like this you must realize feedback can differ from culture, religion, social class, ethnicity, or for many other reasons. It is crucial when sending
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Owned and operated by Minera San Esteban, a portion of San Jose mine collapsed trapping 33 workers underground and their conditions are unknown. Rescue efforts are being coordinated with the office of the Minister of Mining and we should cooperate with their efforts as directed by management. The company has every confidence in the miner’s training, ventilation systems and the collaborative rescue efforts. The cause of the collapse will be determined after the rescue of each trapped miner. In light
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Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 On August 5, 2010, 33 miners were working about 2,300 feet underground when the mine collapsed trapping them (“New York Times”, 2011). The world held its breath while everyone waited 17 days to hear the fate of the miners. Once it was discovered that all the miners were alive, a massive rescue effort went into effect. On October 13, 2010 all 33 miners were rescued. They traveled up a narrow shaft
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Chile copper mine as an example, and would have to communicate the message to the families as well as the company’s employees, different priorities go into each message. Victims Family Needs The first thing to bear in mind with this tragedy is that as a spokesperson for the company responsible for the collapse, probably will be viewed with skepticism. The person also might lack credibility when portraying his message. The person taking responsibility at the moment of the mining collapse, Chile’s minister
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Knowing Your Audience Paper BCOM 275 Jackie Crawford April 21st 2014 No one could have guessed that a small town in northern Chili would have become such a hot topic in the news in August 2010. After a cave-in occurred in the San Jose mine, the story went national and everyone was reading about the tragedy across the globe. Thirty three people had been trapped underground and a fairy tale happy ending did not seem probable. Rescue workers started drilling holes in the area to reach the
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