Zheng Mengyu, a 2016 graduate student majoring in international journalism and communication at the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, is currently a reporter for the Zhejiang branch of Xinhua News Agency.
During the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, the two contrasting photos of the "most cute bows" froze similar moments, and also like a warm current, warming people's hearts shrouded by the haze of the epidemic.
In Xia'ao Village, Mayu Town, 38 kilometers from the main urban area of Ruian City, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 50-year-old Fan Duoduo and 45-year-old Peng Xiaoying and their "drag dance" between Tian Gan spread all over the Internet. People see this rural couple who have experienced poverty and illness, instead of abandoning their lives, grin in the dance, shake off the burden of life with the shaking of their bodies, and add a little sugar to the ordinary days with dance steps...
The explosive news photos that have been spread all over the Internet: the most cute bow
These "blockbuster" news works, which are widely circulated throughout the network, are all written by Zheng Mengyu, a reporter from the Zhejiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency and a 2016 alumnus of the International Journalism and Communication Major of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University. As a young journalist, she used practical actions to interpret the talent training concept determined by the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University since the beginning of its establishment in 2002, that is, "quality-oriented, practice-oriented, oriented to the mainstream, and cultivating masters".
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Zheng Mengyu speaks fast, has clear thinking, accurate expression, and has the vitality and enthusiasm of her age and the speculative rationality beyond her age. She has a dream, a journalistic dream of "as long as the world is running, I like to be a journalist"; she chases her dream without hesitation in choosing the "big stage" of the Zhejiang branch of xinhua news agency when she graduates; she realizes her dream by being resolute and firm in not being afraid of difficulties in her work and constantly rushing to the front line.
At the beginning of the establishment of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, Fan Jingyi, former dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, expressed his conception of cultivating journalistic talents at Tsinghua: "They have a strong sense of social responsibility and mission, a broad cultural foundation and skilled professional skills; they have both an open world vision and accessible human feelings, a firm political stance and a sober critical consciousness; and both noble spiritual sentiments and healthy psychological qualities. He also has the indomitable will to fight and the energy and physical strength to bear heavy responsibilities. ”
After shouldering the responsibility of a journalist, in Zheng Mengyu's body, we can see the original intention of the college to cultivate journalistic talents - full of enthusiasm, momentum, and the pursuit of excellence, which is Zheng Mengyu's first feeling as a journalist. Since her work, she has always been at the forefront of news reports, whether it is the explosion of the "6.13" Zhejiang Wenling tank truck in 2020, or the Typhoon No. 6 "Fireworks" in July 2021, which landed in Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, she did not hesitate to walk into the scene.
Typhoon "Fireworks" was reported at the scene when it landed
But she admits, "I don't think reporting on catastrophes is greater or more noble, for us, that's the day-to-day job." Talking about his feelings about the profession of journalists, Zheng Mengyu's expression is simple and sincere, "Life is news, go to the scene when it happens." In the event of the epidemic, the tank truck explosion, the typhoon 'fireworks' and other events, I applied to go to the front line to report, in fact, out of my curiosity, I want to understand what is happening in the world, what the news scene is like. ”
In her opinion, the charm of journalism is first of all to go to the scene. Standing at the site of the tank truck explosion, her eyes saw the destroyed building and the smoke in the air, and the thick and choking burnt smell that poured into her nose, which were the "amount of information" she made news reports. When Typhoon "Fireworks" landed, she broadcast live, and the river was rolling under her feet, but she did not encourage idealistic giving: "Reporting on the scene is a team battle, and the situation on the scene will be evaluated, not all by enthusiasm, it must be rational first." ”
Wearing a mask to do live broadcasting during the epidemic
She also admitted that as a female journalist, before the catastrophic event, the unit would be inclined to send personnel for personal safety reasons. For example, at the beginning of the outbreak, the unit did not approve her application to go to the most serious scene to report, but this did not stop her writing. "I used to feel 'distant cries' echoing in my ears, I had a microphone in my hand and I needed to speak. Working from home, working from morning to night, browsing information, doing online interviews, writing, the news is happening and we can't stop. ”
Those two "bowing across time and space" photos were born in between. Recalling the creation process of this "blockbuster" news, Zheng Mengyu said: "It is the process of establishing a hook connection between news materials and past accumulation. ”
After the report was issued, the network was instantly detonated. Netizens said, "A casual bowing ceremony allows us to see the great love of the world!" "The most fundamental truth, goodness, and beauty in the bones of the Chinese nation for thousands of years have never changed." Looking at the photo, I couldn't help but feel hot in my eyes. The healer's benevolence was touched by this beautiful moment. ”
Impress yourself first
For a news work to become a "blockbuster", it may need to be in the right place at the right time. But Zheng Mengyu always believes that the premise of moving people is to "move yourself first". This is her insistence on her journalistic work.
The "drag dance" between the fields originated from this. At the beginning of the manuscript, it is written: "Just after noon, after sorting out the fertilized corn field, the younger son Maomao used his mobile phone to open the song "Longing". As soon as the music sounded, Peng Xiaoying and Fan Duo turned around and quickly ran to the narrow cement road between the fields and danced happily. Such "cheerfulness" touched her and ran through the entire manuscript.
In an interview with Peng Xiaoying and Fan Duo and his wife live
Zheng Mengyu's news reporting works
Talking about this report, Zheng Mengyu seemed a little moved. "Under the haze of the epidemic, seeing their dancing steps and smiling like fireworks on their faces, I was infected by the living vitality on the soil, and I think this thing itself is very touching." At the end of the interview, Zheng Mengyu completed the manuscript in the four-hour drive back to Hangzhou. "In fact, during the interview, I wrote out a few subheadings of the manuscript in the interview book."
Undoubtedly, Zheng Mengyu's report has also changed the fate of Peng Xiaoying and Fan Duoduo to a certain extent. After seeing the report, many mainstream media also came to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, and reported on the life and dance of Peng Xiaoying and Fan Duoduo through various forms such as text and video. Nowadays, the number of fans on the live broadcast platform of the two people has exceeded four million, and they have become "little Internet celebrities", live dancing, helping farmers, driving the sales of local agricultural products, and infecting more and more people with an optimistic attitude towards life and a healing smile.
What made Zheng Mengyu quite unforgettable was that half a year later she went to Wenzhou to meet again with Peng Xiaoying and Fan Duoduo: "As soon as they met, they said, 'You were the first reporter to interview us,' and you were a little girl dressed in red at the time!'" "After that, I went to their media a lot, and I didn't bother them since, and my hairstyle and clothes changed, and they still recognized me." "She was touched by the friendships between people, between journalists and interviewees.
Although she is a young journalist who has just worked for more than two years, in Zheng Mengyu's news works, her personal characteristics have been revealed. The characters presented in her work are full and real. A character report that is not a "hit" but has been well received in Xinhua News Agency, "Female Writers in the Wet Market", is a successful practice of hers. This report was also recognized by Zhang Yanping, a reporter who was reported by a well-known figure of the former Xinhua News Agency. After seeing the manuscript, she said, "I am very happy, the manuscript is very well written." Such feedback also made Zheng Mengyu feel encouraged.
"I'm not writing about an absolutely positive character, but with some grayscale, but that's what she's really about and this society." At first, Zheng Mengyu guessed that such a female writer in the market might be a woman who was very conscious in the countryside. But after the interview, I found that the facts were not exactly the same as I imagined.
After the first interview, a manuscript of more than 4,000 words was formed, and later in the process of deletion, deletion and modification, Zheng Mengyu always felt that the understanding of the interviewee was not deep enough, and there were many inner corners that were not touched. So she went to the wet market again. The two interviews together gave the two people a feeling of old friends, and also added more details to the manuscript. The final work has been recognized by itself, and it also makes the interviewee have a heartfelt touch when reading this report.
Record the era
At the scene of the 2019 graduate graduation ceremony, President Qiu Yong sent a message to the graduates that "the husband is brave and the confidence is endless", and Zheng Mengyu was also one of the many Tsinghua graduates that year. As alumni, they always remember what President Qiu Yong said, "Uphold the festival of cangsong and the ambition of the grand, constantly cultivate self-confidence, firm self-confidence, work hard, be diligent and upward, and write a magnificent chapter of life in this great era."
Doing "first-class" text works has an unusual significance for Zheng Mengyu. "At first, I showed my ability to appear in the camera, English, etc., but gradually let everyone see that I can also 'write', or even write well." I'm happy to be able to prove myself in words and get recognition. ”
"87.45% like their job." Zheng Mengyu smiled heartily after giving such a ratio, "I have a relatively high degree of adaptation with my work, but a person who has control over his own life probably will not feel completely satisfied with himself in any position, at my age, every day I think about self-realization and self-growth." ”
This understanding is also reflected in her understanding of the whole media. As a young journalist who has not been in the company for a long time, Zheng Mengyu continues to try and touch various possibilities through various paths such as video, audio, and text, and such efforts have also rapidly improved her ability. "All-media is the way to understand the world and express the world, and all-media skills are to give me more 'bullets', to make myself 'fully armed', and to be more comfortable and calm in reporting and expression." For Zheng Mengyu, the whole media is not a burden, and even a means of regulating reporting and life, "I have been tired of writing and writing, so I will cut the video to relax; when I am tired of cutting the video, I will write to let myself precipitate." ”
Zheng Mengyu, who did Vlog (vlogging) during her studies, instinctively used Vlog to record news at the beginning of her work in 2019, but at that time, Vlog was not widely practiced in media reports, and when she brought it to the mainstream media, she found that it was not taken seriously.
"The speed of social development is always faster than the transformation of the media, and I am not catching up with the times, but I am also a person in the times, and I am in this way to know and record life and express myself."
Outside of work, she likes to watch reality shows like "Drama New Life", which in her opinion "presents people", which is what she is most excited about as a journalist - "curiosity about people in the news". On this year's World Theatre Day, her report "Douban Score 9.4, They Used an "Experiment" to Witness How Niche Dramatists Break Through" combined with the show "Drama New Life" to explore the art and dreams, money and dignity, choices and beliefs of this group of dramatists.
At the same time, she also likes to watch some language and interview programs, and will make some records. "In my language or written expression, I want to say what I say as accurately and without nonsense as possible. Especially as a journalist, I will be more critical of expression. ”
Talking about his future planning, Zheng Mengyu said: "I still have a lot of room for improvement, I also have a lot of corners of the world that I want to understand, and there are still many unknown places that have not arrived. As long as the world is working, I have material for reporting. ”
Interviewed at Hangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital during the epidemic