苏北是一个有着光荣历史的革命老区,在六七十年代,某县每年平均接待省以上新闻单位的记者30多名。这些记者下来后,深入老区,与群众同吃同住,既报道老区的生产发展情况,也反映老区群众的呼声,极大地鼓舞了老区人民的建设干劲。可是,近些年来,记者“光顾”老区的逐年减少。偶尔有一两位记者来,也不是专程采访的,要么是回乡探家路过老区,要么是来联系报纸发行的。据某县统计,从1988年起,全县未接待过一个省以上新 Northern Jiangsu is an old revolutionary base with a glorious history. In the 1960s and 1970s, an average of more than 30 journalists from a news agency above provincial level was received in a county every year. After these reporters came down, they went deep into the old quarter to share the same house with the people. They not only reported on the production and development of the old districts, but also reflected the voices of the masses in the old areas and greatly encouraged the construction of the people in the old areas. However, in recent years, the number of reporters who “patronize” the old areas has been decreasing year by year. Occasionally one or two reporters came, nor did they make a special interview, either returning hometown to visit the old quarter or contacting newspapers for distribution. According to the statistics of a county, since 1988, the county has not received any new ones above the provincial level