Key words: 5G; media convergence; new mainstream media; professional journalism

Abstract: With the advent of 5G, technologies will be promoted to develop and change with the trend of cluster and linkage, and a new information revolution will be materialized, which will have unprecedented far-reaching impact on human society. The intensive updating of mobile Internet technology has plunged the journalism industry into crisis and the regression of professional journalism in 5G era is of urgent practical significance. The influence of 5G technology on news production system in many aspects will make the journalism industry take on a brand-new look in the future. Remodeling professional journalism amid the construction of new mainstream media will usher in a new opportunity fortheir development and will also assume different responsibilities and nissions.

Author: Wen Cai (a professor and doctoral supervisor at School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, director of the Journalism and Social Development Research Center in Renmin University of China) ; Zhihao Weng, (postdoctoral fellow at School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University).