精确新闻报道(precision journalism)是由美国骑士报团的记者梅耶(philip meyer)于1967年首先提出的。1973年,梅耶总结自己的报道实践经验和理论探讨成果,写成了名著《精确新闻学》。书中梅耶提及社会调查法可以成为新闻的来源,正式把社会调查法纳入新闻学的范畴。他指出,在这之前,并非没有人用社会调查法做新闻报道,只是没有系统化罢了。 所谓精确新闻报道,是指记者在采访新闻时,运用调查、实验和内容分析等社会科学研究方法,来搜集资料,验证事实以进行新闻报道的一种报道形式。照梅耶的说法,社会调查法运用在新闻上,能公平地客观地反映调查事件的经过,去除团体偏见和新闻行业的成见,把直观变成真凭实据。 Precision journalism was first introduced in 1967 by philip meyer, a reporter for the Knights of the USA. In 1973, Meyer summed up his own reports of practical experience and theoretical discussion, wrote the famous “accurate journalism.” Meyer mentioned in the book of social investigation can become a source of news, the official social survey law into the category of journalism. Before this, he pointed out, not nobody has used the social investigation method to make news coverage but has not systematized it. The so-called accurate news report refers to the reporter in the news interview, the use of social science research methods such as surveys, experiments and content analysis to collect information, verify the facts for a news coverage of a report form. According to Meyer, the social investigation method used in the news, can be fair and objective reflection of the incident investigation, removal of prejudices and stereotypes of the news industry, the visual becomes true proof.