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Rough on the news beat

When newspaper reporters want to complain about their jobs, they can add American career guidance website careercast.com to their list of sources, as the website ranked newspaper journalist as the worst job for 2013 in the US.

Due to pressure from deadlines, long working hours, relatively low income and competition from new media, the newspaper journalist is at the bottom of the list, below lumberjack, janitor, garbage collector and bus driver.

Although the website's study is US-based, it triggered discussion online in China. 

"Journalists used to be regarded as uncrowned kings who had great social influence. But nowadays, journalism has become an occupation which requires little skill and is more like 'news laborers,'" Luowentianxia said.

"Not only has it become harder to be a newspaper journalist, it's also rough to be a TV reporter. We are made to ask certain questions in our interviews. If they're weird, we get teased by the public," wrote Duguo, a netizen who was identified as a producer.

Some Web users also complained about the job's low pay.

"My husband has been a journalist for the past decade and works long hours every day, but he's never gotten a raise," Diteya said.

Others pointed out that what is true in the US is not necessarily true in China.

"The study cannot reflect Chinese society at all. In China, no one would prefer to work as a lumberjack instead of as a journalist," Tantezhaobingbing said.

Birth, death by quake

A 4-year-old girl, Wang Yanxia, who was born in the wake of the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008, died in the 7.0-magnitude Lushan earthquake on April 20 when she was crushed in her house, China Central Television reported on Thursday.

The family was grief-stricken after losing their young child, and the father had to hide the photos of the girl from his wife to avoid upsetting her.

 "We thought if she could manage to survive the Wenchuan earthquake, she would be blessed her entire life. But she did not escape catastrophe after all," said her mother. 

The depressing news went viral, and many Web users held virtual candlelight vigils for her.

"May she rest in peace as there are no earthquakes in heaven," Vallinlin said.

Web users blamed the weak houses often seen in earthquake-prone regions.

"If we had a house that could withstand an 8.0-magnitude earthquake, as local authorities mentioned after the Wenchuan earthquake, Yanxia might still be with us. When can we have those strong houses to avoid another tragedy like this?" Shuipi051 said.

Global Times