“观点新闻”作为新闻类别被新闻界关注是近五六年的事。2000年初《文汇报》以“观点新闻”为题开了个言论性专栏。此后,相当一批报纸的版面和栏目里开始频繁使用观点新闻这种报道形式,观点新闻在新闻实践中得到了编采人员和广大读者的普遍认同。观点新闻的内涵基于实用性需求 “Viewpoint News” as the news category is concerned about the press in the last five or six years. At the beginning of 2000, Wen Wei Po opened a speech column entitled “Viewpoint News”. Since then, quite a number of newspaper pages and sections have begun to frequently use opinion news as a form of reporting. Viewpoint news has been generally accepted by editors and readers in the practice of journalism. The content of opinion news is based on practical needs