News Reports Discussed About Our City Newspaper Obituary

For a long time, the obituary report frequently found in party newspapers. The objects of obituary report in party newspapers have strict limitations, mostly important politicians and celebrities. And the obituary reports always follow a fixed report pattern. But in the West, the obituary report is already a mature and fixed report pattern with abundant contents and various forms, which was favored by many readers. The intention of obituary report is to eulogize life, carry forward the spirit of humanity and express the ultimate concern of life. No matter for individuals or society, the obituary report has great value. With the opening of society, the pluralism of cultural and the development of journalism, especially after 2000, some metropolitan newspapers open obituary columns and special edition. They treat the ordinary people as report object, realizing the new breakthrough of our country obituary report.This paper primarily research on urban newspaper's obituary report, clarifying related conceptions and development context of the obituary report. After mainly analysis the obituary report in"Huaxi City Daily","Nanfang City Daily"and"The Beijing News", the author summarizes the characteristics and the problems of the current celebrities and ordinary people's obituary report.Through text analysis, we can find that celebrity's obituary report shows gorgeous headline, detailed content. And it takes deceased's biography path as the report line, showing the highlights of deceased's life. The obituaries of ordinary people are mainly characterized by the diversified objects, personalized titles, narrative stories, and civilian languages, reflecting the mainstream values of society. At the same time, the author also analyzes the existing problems of the current urban newspaper's obituary report. The author also made some suggestions to promote the obituary report in our country, including the idea of report, the method of interviewing and so on.