专栏在报纸上占有十分重要的地位。专栏大体上可以分为两类:一类是群众性的专栏,接纳作者的自由投稿,如人民日报的《每周论坛》《今日谈》;另一类是个人署名的专栏,如新民晚报署名“林放”的《未晚谈》。本文着重谈谈后者。打开今天世界主要国家的报纸,可以发现专栏占有大量的篇幅。比如美国各大报,几乎都有一支庞大的专栏作家队伍。大家都知道的美国最负盛名也是世界上影响最大的专栏作家李普曼,在世界各地拥有几千万普通读者。他1974年逝世后,当时的美国国务卿基辛格称他为“也许是当代最有影响的政治家,他曾帮助引导美国三代人认识外交和内政方面的复杂问题。”我国报纸上的专栏是有传统的。韬奋主持的《生 The column occupies a very important position in the newspaper. The columns can be broadly classified into two categories: one is a mass column that accepts authors’ freelance contributions, such as the “weekly forum” of People’s Daily, “talk today”; and the other is a personal signature column, such as Xinmin Evening News “Lin Fang” “no late talk.” This article focuses on the latter. Open the newspapers of major countries in the world today, you can find the column occupies a lot of space. For example, the major newspapers in the United States almost have a huge contingent of columnists. Everyone knows that America’s most prestigious is Lippmann, the most influential columnist in the world, with tens of millions of ordinary readers all over the world. When he died in 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at that time called him “perhaps the most influential politician of his generation who helped guide the three generations of Americans in understanding the complex issues of diplomacy and internal affairs.” Our newspaper’s column is Traditional. Tao Fen presided over the "students