新闻工作是个竞争性极强的行当,而在美国,这一点尤显突出。美国是个高度商业化的社会,而竞争正是这种社会最本质的特征之一;加上,美国新闻事业发达,传播手段先进,因而,抢新闻、抢时效也就成了美国新闻报道行业的压倒一切、支配一切的规律。对此,我在去美国工作之前,在编辑部多年处理美国新闻稿件的工作中,早已有所了解,然而切身感受还是到了美国“下海”之后的事。 1979年1月下旬,中美关系刚刚正常化,邓小平同志即以副总理身份率大型中国政府代表团访美。这在当时是一件轰动世界的特大新闻事件,随同在美国全程采访的美国记者加上为数不太多的中国记者,就 Journalism is a highly competitive business, and in the United States this is particularly prominent. The United States is a highly commercialized society, and competition is one of the most essential features of such a society. In addition, with the advanced journalism in the United States and the advanced means of dissemination, the rush to grab news and grab the stamina has become the news industry in the United States Overwhelm everything, dominate all the laws. Before I went to work in the United States, however, I had known for some time in the editorial department’s handling of the press releases in the United States, but I was still after the United States “went to sea.” In late January 1979, Sino-U.S. Relations were just normalized. Comrade Deng Xiaoping headed a large Chinese government delegation to visit the United States as the vice premier. This was a huge news event that hit the world at the time. Along with a small number of U.S. reporters interviewed throughout the United States and a not too few Chinese reporters,