《上海当代新闻史》是上海社会科学院新闻所研究员马光仁继《上海新闻史》出版４年之后的又一部新闻史著作 ,６２万字 ,２００１年１０月仍由复旦大学出版社出版。新闻界前辈王维在为该书所写的序是这样夸他的 :“当代人写当代史难 ,写当代的新闻史更难。……马光仁同志在主编 Shanghai History of Contemporary News is another news history work published by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences researcher Ma Guangren four years after the publication of Shanghai History of the World. It is published by Fudan University Press in October 2001. The order in which the press predecessor Wang Wei wrote for the book is such that he praised him: “It is harder for the contemporary people to write contemporary history, and it is even harder to write contemporary news history.” Comrade Ma Guangren, chief editor