Cheng has traced our journalistic heritage, writing accurate, detailed descriptions of 100 outstanding Chinese and foreign journalists over the past century.
值此當時，拜讀被譽為「傳播教父」的新聞學者鄭貞銘，窮四十年心血，所撰寫近百萬字的傳播叢書《百年報人》份外有意義。