“公共新闻”(public journalism),又称“公民新闻”(civic journalism)。20世纪90年代初,它作为一种新的理念在美国提出,并引发学术界长达十余年的争论,美国新闻界的大量实践和探索,更是不断地更新和丰富了这一概念。2004年,江苏卫视的《1860新闻眼》栏目,率先打出“公共新闻 “Public journalism,” also known as civic journalism. In the early 1990s, it was put forward in the United States as a new concept and triggered controversy in the academic field for more than ten years. The extensive practice and exploration by the American press constantly updated and enriched the concept. In 2004, Jiangsu Satellite TV’s “1860 News Eye” column, took the lead in launching “public news.”