Yang Chun, a reporter from the General Station, was born in 1971 and is 51 years old this year.
Before, I always saw him in "Investigative Journalism", holding a microphone, with a serious face, and I was really knowledgeable about the issues of the interview.
Suddenly, in the recent peripheral war, he appeared on the Polish-Ukrainian border and sent back an exclusive report from the main station. I was surprised!
1. Yang Chun: Be a maverick journalist
The reporter appeared in front of the camera to do a TV report, which seemed to be endless on the surface, but in fact it was not the case.
When filming "News Investigation", Yang Chun was always fully committed, and he hoped that with wholehearted attention, he would not miss any of the valuable occurrences he thought.
Before we talk about Investigative Journalism, let's talk about 60 Minutes.
"60 Minutes" is a CBS ace program, one of the oldest and most highest-rated programs in the United States, and has been in the top 10 of the national ratings charts for 22 consecutive years.
When "News Investigation" was created, it first analyzed and studied "60 Minutes", reached a consensus on making "News Investigation" into an investigative program, using investigation to do in-depth news, using documentary dual-camera shooting, and using full-time reporters.
The show photographed both interviewees and journalists, which was groundbreaking in the Chinese television industry at the time.
Yang Chun is one of the full-time reporters.
Yang Chun's appearance and interview style look very elegant. Because he wants to reflect the respect for individual life and attitude to life through the picture.
As a CCTV reporter, in addition to being professional and diligent, you must also be brave, or at least bold. Because the industry often requires journalists to do something emotionally embarrassing or put themselves in danger.
Journalists who report on war and conflict clearly put themselves in great danger.
Yang Chun, who is diligent and thoughtful in the team of reporters, strives to make the report in his hands different and can produce more repercussions and shocks.
He longed for his diligence to bring such an effect.
2. He said: A foreign correspondent is first and foremost a warrior
Before deciding to come to the Polish-Ukrainian border, Yang Chun also thought repeatedly:
What is the rationale for shooting this subject? What kind of scenes, what kind of characters, what kind of plot, what kind of structure do I want to use to express and present the reasons why I shot?
Whether it is the battlefield where the cannon rumbles or the breakthrough of the reporting theme, it is a test for him.
In the end, he locked in the front line of the war and decided to be a warrior.
This warrior is also a person who loves to think.
When he first entered the "News Investigation", for the topic of participation, he had to ask himself two question marks: there must be an unknown space to determine whether this topic can be done, and whether only through the investigation can he recognize that part of the unknown space.
Standing at the forefront of the war, Yang Chun obviously felt the traces of time, but his eyes and tone still revealed Geng's straightness and stubbornness.
Crossing the border and coming to the rain of bullets, Yang Chun encouraged himself: to surpass himself, he knows that surpassing something he has achieved requires more thinking and greater price.
3. Mission: Let me keep working hard and persevering
In Yang Chun's character biography, there is such a sentence:
I don't know if others think about the meaning of life and death as early and as I do.
If we regard life and death as the two ends of life, what fills them is our desire for light, our hatred of darkness, our search for justice and goodness, and our rejection of evil and ugliness. In such a great process, I am glad that the hand of fate molded me into a communicator.
How to recognize the occurrence of life, understand the occurrence of life, and what attitude to face the occurrence of life. Reporter Yang Chun, just like this, asked questions and marched.
Doing "News Investigation", responsible journalists prefer to find an argumentative point of view in the subject matter, that is, they hope that the subject can illustrate a point of view, and when this point of view is expressed, the subject matter is established, and the film can be completed.
But when the pre-interview ideas don't hold up, what about shooting?
Many people feel that this subject matter is not worth shooting. So, the question arises: Do you prefer facts or conclusions?
Yang Chun, there is a momentum: will not stop until the goal is reached! When SARS broke out, he played a beautiful head cannon; when the new crown came, he immediately rushed to Wuhan. He has been to places and people that many people cannot reach or are unwilling to experience.
One of his favorite war photojournalists, called Kapa, was the one who shot "The Death of a Soldier of the Republic," and Kapa said: The real war correspondent is the one who always rushed in front of the sharp knife company during the battle, and then turned around and filmed the soldiers charging.
Capa Photography
Yang Chun said that I always feel that this sentence should become the creed of every journalist.
"Fear not only stimulates our numb hearts, but also makes us aware of our ignorance, which is often the most lacking thing in the moment." So, this time he chose the battlefield.
This war theme has a tension, a space to open and close.
Expect Yang Chun to triumph with a triumphant smile.