Editor-in-Chief's Notes (Upper and Lower)

Author: Wang Zhanyu
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: "Dance on the Blade": Comrade Lü Rizhou's thunderous methods shocked me. Looking back now, over those three years, the Changzhi Daily criticized over 930 people. What a huge number that is across city newspapers nationwide! How should the public opinion supervision of party newspapers be conducted to satisfy the leadership? At what point of operation can it earn the acclaim of the masses? This has been a long-standing puzzle for me, or perhaps a long-lingering issue in China's press that has yet to be properly resolved. Therefore, I have compiled and organized my diary entries from those years working with Comrade Lü Rizhou on public opinion supervision into this book, hoping to offer some enlightenment to the readers. "Walking with the Pen": Why do we engage in journalism? It is our bound duty to promote the Party's principles and our heartfelt commitment to serving the readers. Honor and shame, right and wrong, love and hatred, primary and secondary, truth and falsehood, justice and injustice, goodness and evil, beauty and ugliness must be clearly distinguished. They must be imbued in the pen, leaving no room for ambiguity or hesitation. The newspaper is a guide—it must point straight and lead accurately, with artistic finesse and a keen sense of balance. Only then will the government be satisfied and the people happy. Journalists are messengers—they must report information swiftly and accurately, delivering the facts without distortion. This is the true love for society and the way to become the trusted confidants of readers.