When the mainland fell to the Communists and the government moved to Taiwan, he was transferred to Taipei to cover politics, and he scored a big scoop in February 1950 with a story that Chiang Kai-shek was about to return to the presidency. He was immediately promoted to deputy director of the reporting department and later to director.
後來大陸淪陷，政府遷台，他又被調回台北跑政治新聞。民國卅九年二月，一則報導蔣公將於三月一日復任總統的獨家新聞，使袁方聲名大噪，立刻升任為採訪組副主任，隨即又升為主任。