臺灣在1949年以後歷經一場為期數十年的嚴酷政治鎮壓活動，在這場風暴中，不少新聞工作者因為各種原因涉入各種政治案件因而蒙塵。作者以1949至1975年間涉及政治案件的新聞工作者為對象，試圖描繪這群新聞工作者的集體相貌。作者以滾雪球的方法找到108項個案，並針對每一項個案進行內容編碼和統計分析。結果發現，當時執政者以迂迴手法打壓新聞工作者，涉案者不僅來自民營新聞媒體，也來自執政者親信所掌控的黨政軍媒體新聞。多年間不斷重複的政治案件，促成新聞媒體的寒蟬效應，也因此「白色恐怖」成為此一世代新聞工作者的共同烙印。

The term ＂witch-hunt＂ has been used figuratively to describe the activities by governments to seek out and expose perceived enemies, often apparently as a means of directing public opinion by fostering a degree of moral panic. Many journalists in Taiwan persecution of suspected communists in the 1950 ~ 1970s is coined as modern witch-hunt. A similar ＂witch-hunt＂ occurred in Taiwan. In 1949, the Chang Kai-Shek regime set back to Taiwan after being defeated by the Communists in Mainland China. In the same time, a large-scale witching hunting to the intellectuals and dissents was conducted around the Island as part of the strategies to keep Chang’s regime. In the following one fourth century, hundreds of journalists were accused of being ＂participating subversive political events＂ and sanctioned by the court martial. This particular research investigates the cases and presents the profiles of the cases of the prosecuted journalists.