我办报和当新闻记者,再加编刊物,前后共十四年。我从事文学活动主要是在报刊编辑工作之余挤时间写的。因此要我在《作家寄语》栏里,给从事记者、编辑工作的青年朋友们,讲一讲自己当初从事新闻报刊工作中的“愚者一得”的体会,我便很高兴的答应了。只是坐下来提起笔,我又觉得这无边的话头,又从何谈起呢?想想,我还是讲点有趣味的事情吧。我想一个新闻记者或是一个报刊编辑,最感兴趣的事,是发掘到了—个很好的新闻材料。巧妇难作无米之炊。写文章也一样,有了好材料,才可能 I do newspaper and as a news reporter, plus a compilation, before and after a total of fourteen years. I engaged in literary activities mainly in the press editing time squeezed time to write. Therefore, I asked the young writers and editors in the column of “Writers ’Writes” to give a brief account of the “fools’ experience” they had been engaged in in the press and newspapers. I was very glad to agree. Just sit back and lift the pen, I feel this boundless talk, then why not talk about it? Think about it, I still talk something interesting. I think a journalist or a newspaper editor, the most interesting thing is to discover - a good news material. Clever women make no straw. Write the same article, with good materials, it is possible