新闻评论家徐铸成先生的《报海旧闻》是很值得再三咀嚼的。这部回忆录里读者能看到的不仅仅是老一辈新闻工作者的办报经验和技巧,而且是正直、进步的报人所经历的艰辛、抗争以及投影在这全过程中的历史风云。《报海旧闻》有一部分是写作者自己当年生活和工作的自传性文章,另一类是作者对早年一些报纸和报人的描述,以及他所耳闻目睹的各种事件和各色人物的印象。它们都具有较重要的史料价值。作者写自己,恪守着“既不妄加油彩,也不乱涂白粉”的信条,实实在在,和盘托出,毫无虚夸不实或是故作谦恭的成分夹杂其间。在这位新闻评论家的报坛生涯中,曾同各色人物打过交 News critic Xu Cheng-cheng’s “old newspaper reported the sea” is worth the repeated chewing. What readers can see in this memoir is not just the newspaper experience and skills of the older journalists, but also the history of the hardships, resistance and projection of honest, progressive reporters throughout the process. Some of the old newspapers in the sea are autobiographical articles about the writer’s own life and work. The other is the author’s description of some early newspapers and informants, as well as the various incidents and personal images he has witnessed. They all have more important historical value. The author writes himself and abides by the credo that “neither make painstaking efforts nor smudge the white powder,” it is real and entertaining, with no exaggeration or contemplation of composition. In the newspaper’s career as a news critic, he had dealt with various characters