This Day, That Year

Item from April 12, 1993, in China Daily: Experts show Chinese journalists how to use the computer. In the near future, Chinese journalists are expected to be equipped with computers, which are popular among Western newsmen.

Technology and the internet have helped bring tremendous changes to the country's media landscape.

One of the latest tools in the evolution of digital journalism is the 360-degree virtual reality camera - which provided fresh perspectives for reports on the annual two sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body last month. The novel technology takes viewers closer to the news. Media groups such as China Central Television, Xinhua News Agency and Caijing magazine adopted the virtual reality technology, also known as VR, to cover the major conferences and meetings.