江苏近代新闻事业发轫于19世纪末,1898年出版的《无锡白话报》是现江苏境内最早问世的报纸。虽然起步时间不算很早,晚于福建而与湖南相仿,但由于江苏的地理位置和人文条件较好,其后出版报纸的数量仍很可观。据官方统计,1934年时全国向国民政府内政部申请登记的报纸共2700余种,其中江苏有252种。据现在收集到的资料统计,近百年来江苏各地出版的报纸,累计近2000种。其中出版20年以上的30种,10年以上的88种,5年以上的94种。据历史资料记载,三十年代全省新闻从业人员约1700余人,现在全省新闻工作人员已达2万余人。 In the late 19th century, the “Wuxi vernacular newspaper” published in 1898 was the earliest newspaper in Jiangsu Province. Although the starting time is not very early, later than Fujian and Hunan similar, but because of the geographical location and cultural conditions in Jiangsu is better, then the number of newspapers published is still very impressive. According to official statistics, there were over 2,700 newspapers nationwide that applied for registration with the Ministry of the Interior of the National Government in 1934, of which 252 were in Jiangsu. According to statistics collected now, nearly 2,000 newspapers have been published in Jiangsu in the past century. Among them, 30 species are published more than 20 years, 88 species are over 10 years and 94 species are more than 5 years. According to historical records, about 1700 journalists in the province in the 1930s now have more than 20,000 journalists in the province.