早在五十年代中期,胡乔木就向新闻工作者提出了重视研究新闻理论的问题。他曾不止一次地对《人民日报》编辑部负责同志讲过:在新闻采写和编辑工作方面,我们有不少经验,但是既没有从新闻业务上去整理和总结,更没有从新闻理论上去整理和总结,使我们的报纸工作缺乏理论的指导,这是我们的报纸常常处于一种不稳定的摇摆状态的主要原因。 胡乔木认为:外国新闻学的历史虽然比我们早, As early as the mid-fifties, Hu Qiaomu put forward to the journalists the importance attached to the study of journalism. He has told more than once the responsible comrades of the editorial department of People’s Daily: We have quite a lot of experience in news writing and editing work, but neither did we sort out and summarize the news business, nor did we sort it out from the news theory In conclusion, the lack of theoretical guidance for our newspaper work is the main reason why our newspapers are often in an unstable state of swing. Hu Qiao Mu said: Although the history of foreign journalism earlier than us,