胡乔木同志是我国新闻界的一位卓越领导人,也是我素所尊敬的革命前辈和导师。早在延安时期,我刚踏上新闻工作之路,就得到他的指引和教诲。我第一次知道胡乔木这个名字,是在1938年。当时我参加革命不久,在贺龙同志领导的八路军一二○师做宣传工作。一个偶然的机会,我读到了一本叫作《英勇奋斗十五年》的小册子,作者署名乔木,内容是介绍中国共产党的性质、任务和奋斗历史的。这本薄薄的简明读物,使我受到一次比较系统的党建和党史的教育,也对作者留下了深刻的印象。我直接与乔木同志见面,是在到达延安以后。1940年6月,我从晋西北前线回到延安,进入鲁迅艺术学院文学系学习。1942年秋,组织上调我和张铁夫同志去《解放日报》工作。记得刚到报社那天,是“九一”记者节,乔木同志恰好在场。当他知道我们是新分配来的年轻人时,十分高兴,专门找我们两人谈了一次话。在简单地询问了我们的情况以后,乔木同志说:延安的新闻事业,是我国无产阶级新闻的开创性事业,为它献出一生是光荣的。当前党中央要加强新闻工作,加强《解放 Comrade Hu Qiaomu is an outstanding leader in the Chinese press and a revolutionary predecessor and mentor whom I respect. As early as the Yan’an period, I had just set foot on the road to journalism and got his guidance and teachings. The first time I know the name Hu Qiaomu was in 1938. At that time, I participated in the propaganda work of the 120th Eighth Route Army under the leadership of Comrade Ho Lung, shortly after I joined the revolution. By chance, I read a pamphlet titled “Fifteen Years of Heroic Strive,” signed by the author about the nature, tasks and struggles of the Chinese Communist Party. This thin and concise reading, which made me subject to a relatively systematic education of party history and history, also left a deep impression on the author. I met with Comrade Jomu directly after I arrived in Yenan. In June 1940, I returned to Yan’an from the front line of northwestern Shanxi and entered the department of literature at Luxun Institute of the Arts. In the autumn of 1942, the organization raised me and Comrade Zhang Tiefu to go to the “Liberation Daily” work. I remember the day I arrived at the newspaper office, which was the “September 1” reporter’s day. When he knew that we were a newly assigned young man, we were very happy to talk to both of us specifically. After briefly asking about our situation, Comrade Qiao commented: Journalism in Yanan is a groundbreaking undertaking of proletarian news in our country. It is glorious to dedicate a lifetime to it. The current CPC Central Committee must strengthen its news work and step up its efforts to “liberate.”