International news agencies continue to play a major role in world’s dissemination network of news and information after the advent of the Internet era. Reporting of emergency incidents serves as an important arena for competition between domestic and overseas news agencies and an important vehicle for overseas news agencies to defame China and distort its image. This study analyzes overall reporting on capsizing of tourist ship “Eastern Star” during relevant emergency response operations after combing and coding text reports by six major international news agencies. This study concludes that both domestic and foreign news agencies paid attention to basic facts of the incidents proactively but with differences on types of reports，number of reports，focuses of reports，figures in reports，and sources of information，which reflects intrinsically differences of reporting stances between domestic and overseas news agencies. It’s suggested that authorities do a good job in information issuance on emergencies，reinforce service doctrine，influence media reports via mood management and public relations and restrain irresponsible reports by self-discipline bodies and professionalism.