美國新冠肺炎抗疫日記4/3/2020 永不打烊的事業---美南新聞

           永不打烊的事業---美南新聞   

          為站在最前綫的工作夥伴鼓掌

今晨我依舊在印報車間從印刷工人手中拿到今天出版的美南日報中英文版，回到辦公室座位，看到電腦銀幕上播放的美南電視節目，心中頓時感慨萬千，淚水憯然湧出。回想到孩童時代伴随在父親身旁，在昏暗的燈光下和他同看一份報紙，數十載歲月匆匆消失，今晨我手中緊握住這份我們一手創办的媒體，豈是命運之安排。

我要非常感激這段时间新冠疫情發生以來，仍然堅守在崗位上繼續努力的同事們，在前線採訪的記者，在編輯台上翻譯排版的編輯，守在電腦前收發版面的員工，美工台上編輯電視畫面的美工同仁，電視台上現場直播的主播導播，立即上缐的美南新聞網站......

每天子夜十二時编輯台上完成之電子檔案送到印刷廠，经過制鋁版上油墨，印刷工人從每日凌晨開始上工，一直到清晨把每天最新的中英文版美南日報，從輸送帶上印製出來，再由送報員同仁把當天日報送到廣大讀者手中，四十年來從未中斷，美南新聞无愧是永不打烊每週七天二十四小時開放的媒體事業。

今天新冠病毒之擴散，全球已經超過一百萬人，美國全國百分之二十五的中小企業已經關閉，諸多大國還在相互指責，我們這些平民百姓是覺醒時刻了。

我們非常欣幸在國家最艱難之時刻，美南傳媒集團還有這麼多工作伙伴，不懼本人之安危，繼續為人民服務,我們相信在未來的日子𥚃，你們大家的犧牲奉獻定可留下歷史的記錄。

Our Business Never Closes - Salute To My Co-Workers

This morning as usual,  I walked into our press room and picked up a fresh copy of our Southern Daily Newspaper. I went back to my office and watched our TV programs and website. I felt so moved and touched and tears came to my face.

It was long time ago, but I still remember when I was a just a kid, I slept next to my dad and shared a newspaper with him every night. Even in my teenage years, I felt how powerful the media was. Many years later, we went into the newspaper media business. Maybe this is how one’s destiny is decreed.

We are here now and so graceful and appreciative of all my co-workers including editors, reporters, TV producers, anchormen, pressman, digital editors and delivery men. Because of your sacrifice and courage, millions of people can still read our daily newspaper getting news from our newspapers, TV station and websites.

As of today, more than one million people around the world have already contracted the Coronavirus and twenty-five percent of all businesses have closed. We are still facing very serious challenges right now. As a media business, we are so proud we will still continue to hold our position and do our very best for the people we love.

I also wanted to tell my colleagues that because of your great contributions, history will mark down a page for you. I also want to let you know Southern News Group is still open 7 days a week, 24-hour a day because we need to serve our nation, our readers and our viewers.

United we say, God bless America.