活跃在基层的通讯员一般被形象地称为“土记者”。“土记者”大多生活在农村,直接与农民打交道,对农村的发展变化感同身受,稿件如同泥土一样芬芳朴实,因而很受媒体欢迎。但是,随着社会各种思潮影响,某些“土记者”也在悄悄变味,写出的稿件让人将信将疑;有的完全子虚乌有,宣传出去后影响很坏。笔者一次下乡采访,按照“土记者”提供的线索,找到了采访对象。一交谈,惊诧不已。“土记者”明明交待 Correspondents active at the grassroots level are generally vividly referred to as “indigenous journalists.” Most local journalists live in the rural areas and deal directly with the peasants. They feel empathy for the development and changes in the rural areas. The manuscripts are as earthy and earthy as the soil and are very popular with the media. However, with the influence of various social thoughts, some “local journalists” are also quietly changing their tastes. The manuscripts written are doubtful. Some of them are completely non-existent, and their influence is very bad after their publicity. The author once went to the countryside to interview and found the interviewees according to the clues provided by “local journalists”. A conversation, surprised. “Soil reporter” clearly confessed