The Time Calling for Journalists of Viewpoint

Qiang Yuexin, Dean of the school of journalism, Wuhan University Invited to Give a Speech

November 9.

In November 9th, Professor Qiang Yuexin, Dean of School of Journalism and communication, Wuhan University, was invited to deliver a speech at Hidden Dragon forum in Hubei University of Economics . He pointed out to students major journalism in the speech, in a Internet age, the time is calling for journalists of viewpoint.

“With the rapid change of the times and society, journalist is becoming more and more important, and the magic weapon of winning competition between media organizations.. This era needs and calls for journalists of viewpoint.” Professor Qiang aroused the interest of the students with a short and powerful opening.

Prof. Qiang Yuexin elaborated his argument from three aspects: what is journalist of viewpoint, how time requires journalist of viewpoint and how to be an excellent journalist of viewpoint .journalist of viewpoint is a journalist who can publish his own views and opinions. Unlike ordinary journalists, journalist of viewpoint focus on expressing their views, focusing on their presentation techniques and thinking rationally. He used News Broadcast and Focus Interview of CCTV as examples to illustrate the difference between the general journalist and the journalist of viewpoint. Professor Qiang said: In today's society, freedom of speech has become an important force to promote social development and progress, and the media are also changing from the restatement orientation to the review orientation gradually, so the time is calling for journalist's viewpoint more and more strongly.

He cited the famous scholar, professor Shao Huaze, Dean of school of Journalism and Communication, Peking University, honorary president of College of humanities, Zhejiang Forestry University, chairman of China Journalists Association. “Many journalists today prefer restatement but commerce to viewpoint,” illustrated why journalist of viewpoint is more suitable for the era from five aspects as political, economic, technology, culture and practice mechanism of journalists .

Talking about how the time required for journalist of viewpoint, professor Qiang pointed out: the speeding up of political democratization has authorized some journalists as opinion leaders of public opinion. Journalist of viewpoint is therefore the backbone of opinion leaders inevitably. ; The development of market economy exacerbated homogeneity of newspaper, thus the reality is, it needs a number of journalist of viewpoint to avoid homogenization, this trend has become a magic weapon for winning the competition among media organizations. From the perspective ofjournalistic training mechanism, the position and thus the source between journalists is not equal, but the opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas are equal. Therefore, for the journalist of viewpoint could provide a unique perspective to the news, the most important character is to show their own personalized thinking . He said that the chances of success relying on organizational platform will be narrower in the future, the magic weapon would be publish those in everyone's eyes, but none made a comment.

At last, Professor Qiang took the ten years experience of Fan Jingyi, former dean of the school of Journalism and communication, Tsinghua University, in Liaoning Daily as an example,presenting sixteen character motto for those interested in becoming journalist of viewpoint journalist: good at thinking, expressing himself, diligently, and innovating bravely.