报道时效中的“第一落点”是新闻竞争的关键性要素,这个观念已经在传媒从业人员,特别是主流媒体中形成了共识。海湾战争爆发的凌晨,新华社在北京时间8时05分发出英文快讯,慢于美联社,快于路透社、法新社和合众社。当时,正在电脑键盘上熟练操作的那位研究生编辑,由于争抢“第一落点”时心理紧张,双手竟然在颤抖…… The “first landing” in the reporting period is a key element of news competition, a concept that has reached a consensus among media practitioners, especially the mainstream media. In the early hours of the Gulf War, Xinhua News Agency sent an English news release at 8.05 am Beijing time, slower than the Associated Press and faster than Reuters, AFP and Hezhong News Agency. At that time, the graduate editor who was skilled at using computer keyboards trembled with both hands because of the nervousness of fighting for “the first drop”.