For journalists, praising and criticizing correctly is not only a scientific attitude, but also an art of behavior towards the profession, the public and society. That contributes to strengthening and fostering the trust of readers and is also a way to protect the integrity, impartiality and standards of journalists.
I started like that when I held in my hand the manuscript of “Journalism Nurturing Trust” by Colonel, Master, Journalist Nguyen Van Hai - one of the mature and prestigious political writers of the People's Army Newspaper. He is a close collaborator of the Journalist Magazine - the professional theoretical agency of the Vietnam Journalists Association .
Under the pen name Thien Van, dozens of his articles published in Nguoi Lam Bao Magazine have contributed a multi-dimensional voice and profound perspective on journalism, which only those who are passionate, loyal, and devoted to the profession can portray its many diverse dimensions.
The book “Journalism Nurtures Trust” is the “heartfelt” work of a soldier journalist who has been involved in writing for more than a quarter of a century. In addition to his strengths in writing political commentary, essays, and journalistic short stories, Thien Van is also deeply indebted to journalism and considers journalism to be one of the most interesting topics in his professional activities.
According to the author, belief is a natural feeling, expressing a sacred belief in the good things that people always cherish, respect and strive for. No one should simply think of journalism as a pure profession, but rather a mission. That mission is shown in the fact that: Press information has a positive (or negative) impact and influence on public opinion, social sentiment, and people's thoughts and emotions. Press information has the noble mission of clearing the social flow, connecting the strength of the community through regularly planting, nurturing and fostering public trust.
The higher the public satisfaction index for the press, the greater the journalist's mettle, qualities, and social responsibility. When journalists persistently and sincerely nurture trust - day by day, through their good journalistic works - to "plant" trust in the public, to cultivate trust in society, they will certainly receive love from the public and society and create favorable conditions and environments for the press to operate.
“100 stories of the profession” - Realistic and touching slices of journalism
From that consistent source, the book is structured into 5 parts, each part consisting of 10 works.
If in Part I “Mission and Responsibility”, through the articles, the author wants to emphasize the glorious mission and noble responsibility of journalists that need to be consistently expressed in both thoughts and actions during the working process, as well as expressed in each journalistic work to contribute to nurturing public trust; then in Part II “Journalistic Ethics”, from the behaviors of journalists in journalistic activities, the author affirms that voluntarily complying with professional ethical standards will contribute to preventing the degeneration of the pen and not disgrace the title of journalist.
Adding a perspective on working experience, Part III “Professional Exchange” is a discussion of the reality of journalistic life, sharing “kitchen” stories about the profession that are practical and useful for journalists. As a bridge to the public and influencing the public’s thoughts and behaviors, the press must have the responsibility to protect and spread the purity of the mother tongue - one of the typical elements that make up the soul of Vietnamese culture, a message emphasized in Part IV “Preserving Vietnamese language standards”.
From stories experienced or witnessed; from love, passion and many thoughts and concerns about journalism, Part V "Confessions of a Journalist" is the author's sincere and profound thoughts and confessions about the writing profession.
There is a saying in journalism: A good journalist is one who knows how to find something new in a myriad of old things; knows how to approach something new, a new perspective on an old issue. To do so, journalists must be diligent in observing, diligent in listening, diligent in searching, discovering and finding something new to inform, analyze, explain, and comment with rich language, vividness in words, and flexibility in the way of conveying to increase the persuasiveness and communication effectiveness of the work. Especially when journalists write about journalism, if they do not know how to express and convey it subtly, they may fall into the mindset of "showing off in front of a carpenter" in front of their colleagues.
Aware of that, journalist Nguyen Van Hai has made efforts to express a new way of thinking, a new approach, and create many journalistic works with unique, interesting details that easily convince readers.
An example of this is in the article “The Inspirational Power in the Writing Style of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong”, journalist Nguyen Van Hai commented: “The message of the work, the identity of the writing style and language are the “cultural codes” that identify the speaker, the writer, the spokesperson. Therefore, the ancients used to say “writing is the person”. A person’s writing style more or less reflects the cultural level, thinking, ideology, knowledge, life experience, experience, and style of that person”.
It can be said that the book "Journalism nurtures trust" has partly sketched the portrait of a journalist-soldier who is always dedicated, passionate, has a heavy heart and cherishes journalism.
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