Lin Shih-wei, who came to work in the GIO's International Information Services Department (IISD) only last year, formerly worked in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. But he decided to take the special exam for international news personnel in hopes of getting into the GIO work environment, where he would meet with reporters regularly and engage in timely and challenging work.
「國際新聞特考」開科取士新聞局早年的不少幹將都是局長、副局長等長官「找」來的，像是董顯光找進曾虛白、魏景蒙、沈劍虹、沈錡找來陸以正等。