所谓新闻线索,就是新近发生和发现的或即将发生的新闻事实的简明信息、信号、苗头或端倪。这个线索不等于新闻事实和报道。它的特点是比较简明、笼统和模糊,甚至一鳞半爪,一般没有具体的细节和过程。新闻线索大多情况下是不够完整的,没有经过调查核实,有的是事物的表象,有的是事实内涵中多侧面的一个方面,有的则是道听途 The so-called news clues, is the concise information, signals, signs or clues about the news facts that have occurred recently or are about to occur or are about to happen. This clue is not equal to news facts and stories. Its characteristics are more concise, general and fuzzy, and even a half-claw, generally do not have specific details and process. News clues are not complete enough in most cases, without investigation and verification, and some appearances of things, some of the many aspects of factual connotation in one aspect, while others are hearsay