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  • Authors: Shixin Ivy Zhang (2015)

  • When I was a junior journalist many years ago in Beijing, a veteran American journalist and Fulbright scholar came to our newsroom and held a seminar on journalism. ‘Compared to other professions, journalism is more exciting,’ he said. He also said that we, as Chinese journalists, are living in an exciting time because China is a transitional society with so many social problems that we can and we should cover. Today China’s media environment has undergone dramatic changes driven by political, economic, and technological factors. Many journalists have left the profession due to their frustration and disappointment with the tightened censorship and/or the influence of the new media. T...

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  • Authors: Shixin Ivy Zhang (2015)

  • China plays an increasing role in the wars and conflicts around the world with its expanding political and economic interests overseas and its diplomatic role in international affairs. More and more Chinese journalists go to the frontlines overseas to cover distant conflicts for domestic audiences. Based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 16 Chinese correspondents who have covered conflicts outside China, this study examines Chinese journalists’ perceptions and reflections on objectivity in the war zones. The author adopts a term of Chinese-style pragmatic objectivity to mean that objectivity is a convenient approach for Chinese journalists to do war journalism in the field. ...