Well-known media personality Cao Jingxing
Died on February 11, 2022 due to illness,
He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 7
Cao Jingxing was born in Shanghai in 1947.
Since 1968, he has been in the nanshan mountains of Anhui for 10 years. In 1978, he entered the Department of History of Fudan University. In 1982, he entered the Institute of World Economy of shanghai academy of social sciences to study the US economy.
In 1989, he was hired as a writer for Asia Weekly, became deputy editor-in-chief in 1994, and then served as the chief writer of Ming Pao, writing editorials and reviews.
In 1997, he switched to television and became the editor-in-chief of The Zhongtian News Channel of Hong Kong Communication Television.
In 1998, he joined Phoenix Satellite TV and served as the deputy director of Phoenix Satellite TV Information Station and the director of the speech department.
Since February 2009, Mr. Cao Jingxing has been commenting on domestic and foreign current affairs news daily during the morning prime time of the Voice of China, the news comprehensive frequency of China Radio.
Most people know Cao Jingxing because he was a world-renowned Chinese television host and media person. What is less known is that born in Shanghai, he had an almost paranoid obsession with his pursuit of the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He once said that every Chinese should make up for the lesson of the War of Resistance, including himself.
No matter whenever he mentions his achievements, Cao Jingxing will humbly say, "We are like a team." I'm not necessarily the best to play, but I'm in this position and the ball is right at my feet, and if the ball is kicked away, it doesn't necessarily mean that I'm good in myself, because the opportunity is good. This sentence was also printed on the cover of his book.
Cao Jingxing's father was Cao Juren, a famous journalist and writer during the Republic of China period, who had a good personal relationship with Lu Xun and wrote "Lu Xun's Commentary".
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"Knowers" in the Eyes of the Media
Cao Jingxing divided his reading into the "flipping through the books" of his youth and the current "era of reading newspapers". He read difficult books such as philosophy, history, political economy, etc., "For example, if I take a copy of Hegel, it will be very boring and I will read it, and even read it more than once, whether I can read it or not." ”
By the time he got to college, he ended the era of "scribble reading" and began to systematically digest and sort out the previous nutrition. "I have more time to read the books I want to read, and in addition to the history class, I also go to the world economy and international relations class. During my six or seven years at the Academy of Social Sciences, I also read a lot of books—which became the most important backing for my later journalism. ”
Cao Jingxing released the accumulated wisdom little by little, and also added new information and knowledge in a timely manner. In the eyes of the media, he is the "knower" of the new era, walking in the forefront of the times with unique insights.
"When I was a presenter, I consumed all the accumulation of my youth." Cao Jingxing said that on top of this accumulation, the information and news seen every day are automatically classified in the mind, "For us, every breaking news event can be combined with the knowledge learned in the original, and it will be very clear and accurate to systematically do news in the historical context." Reading is the solid backing of Cao Jingxing's "opening lecture".
Cao Jingxing has no intention of stirring on the cusp of the waves for a long time, but wants to do what he is interested in. In the ancients' mode of curiosity, "reading thousands of books and walking thousands of miles", he seems to have only completed half of it, "I like photography, I want to walk around." I watch discs every day, and movies are sometimes more profound than news, reflecting people and societies in different countries. ”
Later, Cao Jingxing enjoyed a quiet scholarly life in Beijing universities, and often intervened in the media in the form of writing and planning. "Whether I leave the news media or not, I keep reading habits and read 10 daily newspapers a day."
"Restless" newsmakers:
Express your opinion and don't lie
In his early years, Cao Jingxing did research work in the Academy of Social Sciences for many years, facing the problem of choosing between being a scholar and a journalist. Cao Jingxing argues that a very important factor is that he has a little "restlessness" in his personality.
When it comes to the news, his eyes flash with old naughty excitement, and he even uses "fun" and "excitement" to describe the feeling of doing news. Especially when encountering major news events, it affects the whole society and the whole life. As a journalist, it's exciting to be able to witness history happening around you and to be able to participate directly. This stimulation will make people excited and persistent.
Cao Jingxing said that as a journalist, being able to freely express one's views, not telling lies, and not saying what you do not believe is the bottom line. Of course, this does not mean that everything can be said.
Commentators do not instill a certain concept in the audience from a lofty expert point of view, but an equal attention and exchange. If sensitive issues are encountered, "half a step more" is taken on the basis of the basic position. This half-step is a multi-angle and multi-faceted interpretation of a news event compared to other media.
He also told reporters about his "remote control" theory.
Whether it is doing television or newspapers, the mind always thinks: the audience and readers actually hold the right to "live and kill", programs and newspapers are not good, and you can use the remote control to change stations at any time. Therefore, if even the reporter himself is not interested in the content, it is best not to let it "bake" casually.
Silver Haired Milk Killer for TV Commentary (Excerpt)
(Text/Dongfeng Jiayao, Vice President of Phoenix TV and Director of Information Station)
First of all, a source, Phoenix began broadcasting in 1996, Cao Jingxing joined Phoenix on January 1, 1998, and I came in the second half of 1998, so we are considered to be "comrades-in-arms" who entered Phoenix in the same year. Our relationship should be a teacher and a friend, and everyone calls him Teacher Cao. He has silver hair that grabs the camera, which is especially suitable for tv.
In addition, doing TV needs a good image, Teacher Cao was in his fifties at that time, wise, mature and full of silver hair, once he "debuted", he became a "master milk killer".
Cao Jingxing left me with several deep impressions, which can be replaced by a few keywords. The first is curiosity, which he always has a high degree of curiosity about news. This curiosity drove him to do journalism and to love journalism. Even if he later leaves Phoenix, he will still give students journalism lessons, try multimedia, all-media news activities, and even his Weibo and WeChat play very hot, the circle of friends is eager to send three hundred messages a day, bombarding other people's circle of friends, he is a news curiosity.
Cao Jingxing's second "identity" is the classification master. Every time he read the newspaper, he would distribute it to others, for example, if I like this, he would give me this, the one that suited Himo would send it to Wentao, and those who liked sports would give it to colleagues who liked sports. Now is the era of search engines, Baidu everything is out, the information is easy to obtain. But in the late 1990s, the classification of information was important. Cao Jingxing's love classification shows that first, he pays attention to all things; second, he has a news judgment when classifying; third, recommending to different people and sharing with others can be understood as an educational process.
Third, he has a nickname in the company called "Shadow Emperor", but this Film Emperor is not a movie, but a photocopy master. At that time, the company was still in the entrepreneurial stage, very small, and a photocopier was used by 10 departments. If you can't find Mr. Cao, you can always find him at the photocopier, and we joke that he is the person who occupies the most administrative resources of the company. Why does Teacher Cao love copying? Because the words in the newspaper were so small, he wanted to enlarge it, but in fact he was also preparing for the commentary. Why do you say that Phoenix TV pioneered Chinese TV reviews? Cao Jingxing was the first person, and his curiosity drove him to digest a lot of information, refine his views through his own knowledge accumulation, and become the "Current Affairs Lecture" broadcast every day.
On the morning of February 8,
Cao Jingxing is active and rich in WeChat circle of friends
Stop the update.
February 11,
When the news of his death came,
Numerous have been from his news programs
The beneficiary audience sighed.
Sir all the way good!