After reading this so-called quasi-journalist training class, two words describe the feeling after reading it-absolutely! It can also be described in four words-absolute value! The title is quoted from the title set by Mr. Yang Xingfeng, editor-in-chief of Southern Newspaper Group, for the preface of this book, but I changed it and changed the reporter into a media person.
I finally understand why Southern Newspaper Media Group is called the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the media industry. It is also engaged in the media. Why is the news gap so big? Where is this gap? When I spent 32 yuan to buy the "Training Course for Quasi-journalists-A Record of Southern Weekend Editors' Attendance", I read more than 200 pages of this book in a few days, and finally I knew the reason. The content of this book is really unheard of for many learners of "I":
1. As can be seen in the book, it is forward-looking for the contents of journalism courses, including journalists' understanding of the times and values, editing concepts, and ways of thinking.
2. The book introduces in detail the topic planning, risk avoidance of sensitive topics and writing skills of current popular investigative reports.
And these are very meaningful and targeted for the current journalism students. What he teaches is not a simple operation method that can be understood by reading a book, but a news concept and a way of thinking.
When I read it for the second time and savor some words in the book, I can use those four words to describe the feeling of buying this book: absolute value! Between the lines of the book, for journalists, especially "we" who will eat this bowl of rice in the future, it is a real golden advice. The above is the experience accumulated by the editors of Southern Weekend in practical work. We also know the requirements of Southern Weekend for manuscript writing: having a high, deep and unique perspective. The content of this book is about how to be a journalist with a sense of mission and responsibility in this era, and you.
Perhaps for colleagues living in economically developed coastal areas, you have become accustomed to the simple topic that people who live on the news bowl must have a sense of responsibility, but for those who are also engaged in journalism in economically underdeveloped western regions, the contents contained in these topics are so novel. This is the quality that journalists should have, specifically, the sense of mission of their time. But this quality contains more things, not just the words of the times and mission. In the words of Mr. Yang Xingfeng, journalism education is divorced from reality, and the solution is not just internship. There are countless "I" who study journalism in underdeveloped areas and third-rate universities, which proves that it is difficult for students like me to find a job after graduation. To quote Mr. Yang Xingfeng:
1. From the perspective of inviting teachers to teach, if you only talk about general skills, you can only be a teacher in a secondary technical school at most.
2. From the practice point of view, if you just want to test the theoretical knowledge of the general skills you have learned, you can only reach the level of a skilled technician by burying your head in writing and not studying problems. You can call it a skilled "news mechanic".
3. In the long run, the value of general experience teaching and practice is very limited. If journalism education simply teaches skills and only pays attention to practice and professional skills training, it will be similar to vocational education and vocational training. Those colleges and universities that do not have the conditions to run media education hastily invite some people with low level of "learning" and "skills" to give lectures, and can only mass produce "news migrant workers" with weak competitiveness and strong substitution.
I have to admit that "we" are indeed "news migrant workers". When we came to edit the manuscript, there was nothing new and deep in the interview and report. This is how "we" graduated to work and really became "news migrant workers". It doesn't matter whether the company has me or not, because there are still many "news migrant workers" waiting to take my job!
In reality, it is likely to involve the experience taught in books, but you need to spend time to accumulate these experiences. More likely, if you don't have time, you will miss these experiences forever, and it will be too late to regret it! The height, depth and unique perspective of journalism are very important for future journalism. After reading this book, you will have a deep understanding. On the whole, this book is good. I recommend you to buy it.
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