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(2008年旧文重登) 阿爽 今早有位洋人读者来电邮给编辑部﹐对於中文先驱报上週六(12/1)冷淡对待艾得蒙爵士(Sir Edmund Hillary)逝世一事表示不满。原文如下﹕ I just wanted to know that I picked up the New Zealand Chinese Herald on Saturday and was not at all impressed with how you covered Hillary‘s death.I‘m not quite sure if you are the one who made the decisions about the coverage,or how the paper works. At any rate,at least you wrote an obituary for him.Personally I think a little more thought could have improved the obituary enormously, but never mind, at least you tried. I wrote some detailed comments about the whole thing on my Blog. I honestly think you will get a fresh perspective from it and find the whole thing interesting reading. Sorry if I am a bit cruel in places, but sometimes exaggeration helps make a point. Sorry also if I missed some things in the New Zealand Chinese Herald. Chinese is not my first language, I don‘t read it very well, and there is always a possibility of me missing something. Link below: http://bunnyhugs.org/2008/01/12/edmund-hillary-and-the-new-zealandchinese-media/ Hopefully there is something valuable in my long rant that can help the New Zealand Chinese Herald produce better coverage of the Hillary story between now and the funeral?Hillary wasn‘t Asian or Chinese, but I think he was a big enough figure to transcend minor barriers such as race and culture. His charity work in Nepal has certainly contributed to Asia, and the foundation for that charity work was a physical feat he accomplished in equal partnership with a famous Asian hero, arguably a Chinese hero. Regards Seamus Harris 上星期六中午﹐当我满心期盼的拿到中文先驱报时﹐却没有看到预期中的报导。当天的头版故事是<美国次货风暴进袭纽西兰>。我当时的确有点纳闷﹐翻遍整份报纸﹐除了自己在週五黄昏急奏章写的那篇<艾得蒙爵士生平简介>外﹐对这位『纽西兰巨人』的逝世﹐竟然没有一图半字。 坦白说﹐我对此除了惊讶外﹐还十分失望﹗﹗ 我们能怪本地人批评『华人不融入主流吗』﹖您连自己都不当自己是主流﹐别人会吗﹖我绝对支持先驱报导编辑部同仁的工作﹐也理解他们的压力﹔但有疏忽的地方就一定要及时反映﹐因为我对中文先驱报『爱之深﹐责之切﹗』 中文先驱报能够吸引懂得中文的洋读者眼球﹐大概是他们觉得它是英文先驱报的姐妹报﹐我们既高兴又有压力。高兴的不言而喻﹐而压力也更大﹐往后对於新闻报导﹑专栏撰文就不得不更小心了。 说实在﹐我也是临时调动週六版面的。当晚七时多才请主编抽调编辑部早已排好的文稿﹔改放上那篇被洋读者批评为『只是简单列举事实的报导』。我知道那是媒体应该做的﹐即便是时间紧促了点。 我绝对甘心接受那读者的批评﹐因为那篇简单的报导﹐根本难以表达艾得蒙爵士辉煌的一生﹐及其为国内﹑外所做出的无私奉献。 其实﹐别说纽西兰的英文媒体﹐连BBC﹐香港﹑台湾的新闻也都及时并广泛的报导了艾得蒙爵士哲人其萎的消息。这麼一位国际闻名的伟大探险家/攀山家去世了﹐纽西兰本国的华文媒体怎能不及时报导呢﹖ 艾得蒙爵士是週五(1月11日)早上九时去世的﹐週六出版的华文报纸还是勉强来得及刊登讣告。至少从资料库裡找出一张艾得蒙爵士与他的嚮导丹增诺盖攀登上珠峰时的合照﹐或把那张五元纽币加上『样本』两字再刊登出来﹐不也行吗﹖﹗这说明华文记者过份依赖英文新闻的事实﹐这是目前华文传媒的一大缺陷。 我理解此间大多数华文报纸非日报﹐部份软性新闻早就得预先编排。但是希望在人手极有限的情况下﹐也赶上即时报导的原则﹐即便是免费报纸﹗这是媒体对读者的最起码要求﹐也是最基本守则。 曾听过办报纸的香港朋友说﹐他们报纸的封面故事永远是赶在最后附印前才排版的﹐那是方便有突发大新闻时可做补救﹔如今看来不无道理。华文报纸也该拿来借镜﹗ 记得中文先驱报首位编辑顾问吴钟远先生於1995年4月20日在<纽西兰的原住民>一书中所写的序﹕本报(中文先驱报)的宗旨之一﹐也正是希望做到促进中纽文化交流﹐搭在华人与主流之间的一座桥樑的作用。当然﹐做总比不做的有益。 我非常感激这位洋读者对我个人文章的批评﹐不但不生气﹐反倒感激他。因为只有批评才有进步。有益﹑有建设性的批评绝对是媒体的鞭策﹐有了监督﹐华文媒体才会办得更好﹗您说呢﹖ 让我们一起努力﹗ 阿爽写於13-1-08 (责任编辑：新西兰 XinXiLan) |