时事报道已进入一个全新时期。全球信息化的趋势缩小了各地间的时空距离，使过去那些不太被人关心的异地新闻成为今天的“身边事”。各媒体把时事报道作为新闻竞争的“利器”之一。增加投资、更新设备，增人、扩版。 以武汉地区报业市场为例，自从１９９９年初出现所谓“七雄争 Current affairs has entered a new era. The trend of global information has narrowed the space-time distance between the various places, making the off-road news which was less concerned about in the past become the “side event” of today. The media use current news reports as one of the “weapons” in the news competition. Increase investment, update equipment, increase people, expand the version. Take the newspaper market in Wuhan as an example. Since the beginning of 1999, there have been so-called “seven contentions.”