Although they have left, what remains is the indelible spirit of a generation of newspapermen

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Although they have left, what remains is the indelible spirit of a generation of newspapermen

Blue Point

Xu Zhuqing, former president and editor-in-chief of China Youth Daily, completed his 78-year life and waved goodbye to the world at the end of 2021. When he saw this news, Qingfeng originally wanted to write something, but he didn't know where to start. Until I saw the relevant articles posted by zhan Guoshu, a big name in the industry, on the public account of "code word craftsman old Zhan", Qingfeng had to write something.

Speaking of several former presidents and former editors-in-chief of China Youth Daily, there is really some fate. In addition to President Xu Zhuqing, She Shiguang, former president of China Youth Daily, and Wang Shi, former editor-in-chief, all met at relevant meetings and later had certain contacts. Although they had retired at that time, they were already well-known in the youth press. However, when they met, President She Shiguang took the initiative to take out the business card printed with the "Former President of China Youth Daily, She Shiguang" and handed it over, and many years later, it is still vividly remembered. Now that I think about it, it is not an ordinary gesture of handing out business cards, but a word and deed of equality between people and respect for others.

A few years later, Blue Point was hired as executive editor of a Beijing weekly magazine. I wanted to visit some of the seniors of China Youth Daily, so I called one of the teachers and agreed to visit them the next day. Unexpectedly, the next day the whole city of Beijing was already covered with snow, and the snow on the ground was more than a foot deep. Although he owned a Motorola honeycomb mobile phone at that time, he did not know the phone number of several teachers at home, so he took the subway from Shijingshan Amusement Park to the agreed China Youth Daily.

Out of the Dongzhimen subway station, walking on the road to China Youth Daily, the ground is already muddy and slippery, and it is difficult for young people to stand firm. Thinking that several of the seniors were over sixty years old, I thought of calling a teacher at the China Youth Daily Journalism Research Institute and asking him to tell the seniors not to come out and make an appointment to visit them. Who knows, the teacher who answered the phone told me that several seniors were afraid that I was worried about this, and had already told him that they were already on their way to the newspaper office, so I must wait for them to arrive. Hearing this, I couldn't help but wet my eyes. The spirit of the older generation of newspapermen who must go to the appointment and believe in their words has become a must for Qingfeng in the future.

Unexpectedly, not long after that meeting, Wang Shi's editor-in-chief and President She Shiguang passed away one after another, and they never had the opportunity to meet with them again. A few years later, when Qingfeng returned to Beijing to make a living, he visited a teacher's home and learned that several seniors had rushed to the newspaper office from the family home far away from the China Youth Daily. To this day, whenever I think of that year, I am always touched by a certain guilt.

All along, whenever I talk to my colleagues about the former president and former editor-in-chief of China Youth Daily, Qingfeng can't help but tell his colleagues some of their little stories. Wang Shi, the author of "For Sixty-one Class Brothers", who had been selected for the textbook, retired from the post of editor-in-chief because of the need for work, and a reporter wrote a manuscript, whether it was sent or not, and everyone disagreed. According to the regulations, wang Shi, who submitted to the editorial board for discussion and decision, although retired, could still attend the meeting, and walked out of the conference room at the end of the meeting to see the reporter waiting at the door, and told the reporter with tears that the manuscript was not approved. In the face of such a predecessor, any reporter who is a reporter, at this time, because the manuscript he has painstakingly interviewed has not passed, and it has appeared in the newspaper, no matter how much resentment he has, can he not disappear? Yan can not see the former editor-in-chief's eyes that he loves each manuscript.

On the day of the death of Xu Zhuqing, the former president and editor-in-chief of China Youth Daily, He Yanguang, a photojournalist of China Youth Daily, commented on Xu Zhuqing when mourning on Weibo: "You are serious and easy-going, serious and generous, you are a leader who can shield your subordinates from the wind and rain, and you are a news newspaper person with feelings, dignity and a very high level!" ”

Yes, but whoever can be remembered and cannot be forgotten by people, which one does not dare to take responsibility, has feelings, and has journalistic ideals?

Wang Shi, She Shiguang, xu Zhuqing, they left one by one, but what they left behind was the indelible spirit of a generation of newspapermen.

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He is the chief editor of the top ten reporters of the national youth newspapers and periodicals, a member of the Provincial Writers Association, and a senior media person, and the author of "Being a Thoughtful Media" and "Black and White Words--The Grievances of a Journalist and Many High-Ranking Officials.".