There was a clip in the TV series " Awakening Era":
In the classroom of Peking University , the teacher asked the students: "What are the basic qualities required to become a qualified journalist?"
Some people's answers are objective, while others' answers are knowledgeable.
Finally, a student replied firmly: To be an excellent journalist, what is more important than knowledge is people’s thoughts, positions and professional ethics.
The teacher who asked the question was Shao Piaoping , which enjoyed the reputation of "news all-rounder" at that time.
Shao Piaoping was born in 1886. He is from Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. His original name is Zhenqing. "Piaoping" is his pseudonym, which means "life is like a broken stem and floating duckweed".
Shao Piaoping was born in a poor Confucian family. Her father was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty and had a private school at home. Therefore, Shao Piaoping received a certain amount of cultural education since she was a child and read "Records of the Grand Historian" since she was a child. He passed the exam for a scholar at the age of 12 and was admitted to the Zhejiang Higher School in Hangzhou at the age of 16. At the age of 19, he taught in three middle schools including Jinhua Middle School and Changshan Academy.
was deeply moved by the influence of 108 Reform in the early days, and later turned to worship Sun Yat-sen and became an active supporter of Sun Yat-sen's democratic revolution. Therefore, he devoted himself to the cause of "news saving the country". In 1912, he served as the editor-in-chief of Hanmin Daily. After becoming emperor, Yuan Shikai strongly criticized him for being accused of him. The newspaper was sealed. He has published articles in " Current Affairs New Report ", " Declaration ", and " Times ", exposing Yuan Shikai's crimes.
1916, Shao Piaoping was hired as the special correspondent of "Shen Bao" in Beijing by Shi Liangcai . In early 1917, the conflict between the Presidential Office and the State Council intensified. Prime Minister Duan Qirui left Tianjin to use this to coerce the Presidential Palace. After getting what he wished, he returned to Beijing with joy.
Shao Piaoping learned the news and rushed to Duan’s mansion in the middle of the night. He took out a stack of banknotes when he arrived at the door and told the guard that as long as he made a notice, half of it would be taken away. If the meeting was successful, the remaining half would be his. When the guard heard this, he immediately did as he did.
never thought that Duan Qirui, who has always been particularly repulsive to reporters, not only met him, but also chatted with him for a long time.
I have to say that Shao Piaoping’s interview skills are indeed amazing.
He was well versed in the hearts of the people, grasped Duan Qirui's mentality of turning defeat into victory and eager to show off, successfully completed the interview, figured out the process of the dispute between the government and the court, and also made relatively accurate predictions for the future situation.
Shao Piaoping's superb interview skills have attracted the praise of the famous reporter Zhang Jiluan . "Every time Piaoping encounters domestic and foreign affairs, she feels the earliest, and interviews must be done." After
, Shao Piaoping then founded the first news compilation agency in China, and later, together with Cai Yuanpei, founded the "Peking University Journalism Research Association". In 1918, he founded the Beijing News and served as the president and began his career as an independent newspaper.
Based on the journalism professional concept of freedom of speech, non-party, and not being controlled by any party, he took listening to and expressing public opinion as his heart. He truly made the Beijing News the mouthpiece of the people. The Beijing News "exploring facts and not deceiving readers" has been loved by readers.
Shouldering morality, writing articles with a pen as a gun, the Beijing News profoundly influenced the patriotic thoughts of the people at that time and became the largest newspaper in Beijing at that time.
Shao Piaoping believes that news should exist independently of politics, and the news industry should serve as the mouthpiece of society, not belonging to a certain party. The Beijing News does not rely on party and government allowances and official finances, and does not accept any funding from politically related organizations.
He upholds his ideals and truly becomes the "prime minister of common people, the uncrowned king, and the public of society", putting himself in a third party outside the rulers and the ruled, making the Beijing News a weapon to supervise the government, educate the people, and awaken the people.
In order to better transmit talents to the press, Shao Piaoping and Cai Yuanpei jointly established the Journalism Research Association of Peking University on October 14, 1918 for two years, and determined the purpose of the society as "inculcating news knowledge and cultivating news talents."
Shao Piaoping also left two important works for Chinese journalism - "Practical Applied Journalism" and "General Theory of Journalism"."Practical Applied Journalism" mainly summarizes his journalism teaching, and starts from practical applications and discusses how professors should conduct interviews.
Shao Piaoping wrote in his book "Practical Applied Journalism": "The so-called character includes personality, ethics, chivalrousness, courage, honesty, diligence, patience and various morals that journalists should abide by. Poverty and humbleness cannot be moved, wealth and honor cannot be lust, power and force cannot be betrayed, Mount Tai collapses before, elk prospers but not chaotic, and this is the most indispensable part of diplomatic journalists' training and cultivation."
He will actively cooperate in every patriotic movement; he will speak out fiercely in every injustice incident.
It is precisely because it has long adhered to the original intention of putting the people first to solve the problem that the Beijing News, which is known as "carrying the glory and dreams of Chinese newspapers", has been popular for a while and has become the main base of revolutionary public opinion.
Guo Songling was defeated and killed under the joint capture of the Japanese Kwantung Army and Zhang Zuolin . Shao Piaoping made the truth of the incident public, which caused the anti-Japanese and anti-Ling Dynasty movements among the northern people. Shao Piaoping was intimidated by warlords many times, and Zhang Zuolin hated her to the core.
In April 1926, Zhang Zuolin offered a reward and killed Shao Piaoping. Shao Piaoping had already lived in Dongjiaomin Lane, but was betrayed by her old friend. The warlord government arrested him on charges of "collusion with Red Russia and promoting Red Transformation".
On April 26, 1926, before dawn, Shao Piaoping was taken to Tianqiao execution ground.
Before his execution, he bowed to the prison officer calmly and said, "Everyone is free!"
Shao Piaoping has become the most dazzling name in the history of Chinese news in a century. He dyed the ideal of freedom of speech, news and publishing with his blood. The Chinese press praised him for "being moral and writing with great hands."
