本文把清末民初的新闻活动分为合法的新闻活动和非法的、革命的新闻活动两类。通过对这两个时期的新闻法规等的文献研究,以及对《大公报》的内容分析,证明这两个时期新闻界都享有新闻自由。由于为当时革命和政治斗争所左右,新闻活动深受绝对自由主义思潮的影响,非理性的新闻活动大量存在。科学分析这些新闻活动对认识历史和建设未来都有重要意义。 This article divides the news activities in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic into legal news activities and illegal and revolutionary news activities. Through the literature review of news laws and regulations in these two periods and the analysis of the contents of Ta Kung Pao, it is proved that the press in these two periods enjoy the freedom of the press. Due to the revolutions and political struggles of the time, the news activities were deeply influenced by the trend of absolute liberalism, and there were many irrational news activities. Scientifically analyzing these news activities is of great importance for understanding history and building the future.