新闻记者的交际费用是理解民国新闻文化规则以及新闻社会结构的重要途径之一。对于知名大报来说,充沛的交际费用是提高记者工作待遇,提升记者工作效率,激发记者工作热情,甚至强化其职业认同的重要生产资源,交际费成为推动记者新闻专业化水准的重要经济手段和生产资源。而对于入不敷出的小报和艰辛谋生的基层记者来说,基本工资都朝不保夕,他们不但没有交际费用,反而在走投无路的情况下利用新闻从社会中敲诈勒索生活费用。 Journalists’ communication costs are one of the important ways to understand the rules of news culture in the Republic of China and the social structure of news. For the well-known newspaper, plenty of communication fees are the important economic means to raise the working conditions of journalists, enhance the reporter’s work efficiency, inspire the enthusiasm of reporters and even strengthen their professional identity. The cost of communication has become an important economic measure to promote journalism professionalism And production resources. For grassroots reporters who make ends meet and hard-earned livelihoods, their basic salaries are precarious. Instead of spending money on their own, they are using news to extort money from the community in the face of desperation.