新闻线索是指已经发生、刚刚发生或即将发生的新闻事实的简明信号。这信号相当微弱和隐蔽,等待新闻写作者去搜寻、去捕获。新闻线索虽然客观存在,但并非每个人都能轻而易举地得到它。著名新闻学者卡斯柏·约斯特在他所著的《新闻学原理》中说:“一个不善于辨别色彩的人,不能成为一个画家。……一个没有‘新闻感’的人,也不能成为一个新闻记者。”有无“新闻感”,是能否及时捕捉新闻线索的关键。掌握了新闻线索,采写中就会少走弯路,甚至可能顺藤摸瓜写出重要新闻。“九·一八”事变前,《大公报》记者汪松年听一个当铁路局长的朋友说,东北日军调动频 News clues are concise signals of news facts that have taken place, have just occurred, or are on the horizon. This signal is rather weak and hidden, waiting for news writers to search and catch. Although the clues to the news objectively exist, not everyone can easily get it. The famous journalist Casper Jost said in his book Principles of Journalism: “A man who is not good at distinguishing colors can not be an artist .... A man without a sense of” news “can not become A journalist, ”Whether there is a sense of the news,“ is the key to the timely capture of news leads. Grasp the news clues, writing will take less detours, and may even follow the example of writing important news. Before the September 18 Incident, ”Ta Kung Pao" reporter Wang Songnian listened to a friend who was the director of the railway and said that the frequency of the transfer of the Northeast Japanese Army