Press agencies continue to join hands and unite with the province to comprehensively and effectively propagate all fields.

This was the directive of the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Nguyen Dang Quang, at the conference summarizing press work in 2023 and implementing tasks for 2024, chaired by the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, in coordination with the Department of Information and Communications and the Provincial Journalists Association, held this morning, January 18th. The Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Ho Dai Nam, attended the conference.

The press agencies continue to work together with the province to comprehensively and effectively disseminate information across all fields.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Dang Quang delivered a speech at the conference - Photo: HT

Journalists need to get involved and immerse themselves in real life.

Speaking at the conference, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Nguyen Dang Quang, emphasized: 2024 is a year of significant importance, a year of acceleration to achieve the goals of the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress and the 5-year plan 2021-2025. It is also a year to prepare and develop a plan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day on June 21st (1925-2025). Therefore, in the coming time, it is requested that the provincial press management agencies strengthen management of press activities in accordance with the directives of the central and provincial authorities; and pay attention to training and fostering to improve the political theory and professional skills of journalists. At the same time, regular exchanges, support, and encouragement are needed to help press agencies and journalists grow and develop, fulfilling their important roles and functions in leading and shaping public opinion, creating social consensus, and thereby building a professional, humane, and modern press and media system linked to digital transformation in journalism, contributing to the successful implementation of the province's important political tasks. In addition, each journalist needs to equip themselves with extensive knowledge, be willing to take risks, and immerse themselves in real-life situations to create high-quality works with profound social significance.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also suggested several tasks that need to be prepared in 2024 to best organize the activities commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press in 2025. He expressed the hope that press agencies would continue to work together with the province to promote comprehensive and effective dissemination of information across all aspects of social life, enabling provincial leaders to promptly understand and address the needs and aspirations of the people. At the same time, he urged the dissemination of the message of self-reliance and resilience to all citizens, overcoming difficulties to develop socio-economic conditions and build a prosperous and happy life.

The press agencies continue to work together with the province to comprehensively and effectively disseminate information across all fields.

Delegates attending the conference - Photo: HT

Local newspapers have become a source of information.

The report presented at the conference stated that in 2023, local press agencies and resident reporters in the province made significant efforts in fulfilling their duties. The direction and management of the press were strengthened and underwent innovations, yielding practical results.

Press agencies have focused on improving content quality and innovating in presentation style using new, modern interfaces. The quality of information in the press is increasingly improving, reflecting comprehensively, truthfully, and from multiple perspectives, meeting the diverse needs of the people.

Local newspapers, especially online newspapers, are gradually becoming the main source of official information for websites and social media platforms of agencies, units, and organizations in the province. In particular, local media outlets have maintained and effectively promoted sections dedicated to protecting the Party's ideological foundation and combating false and hostile viewpoints in the new situation.

Actively and proactively combating and refuting the distorted views, arguments, and " peaceful evolution" schemes of hostile forces in cyberspace. The permanent offices, bureaus, and teams of central, provincial, and city-level reporters stationed in the area have closely followed local developments, quickly grasping information and reflecting on political events, major holidays, and socio-economic, defense and security, and Party building activities, promptly addressing issues of public concern in the area.

The press agencies continue to work together with the province to comprehensively and effectively disseminate information across all fields.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Nguyen Dang Quang, presented certificates of commendation from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to collectives that had made many achievements and contributions to the development of the province in 2023 - Photo: HT

The way statements are made and information is provided to the press in some units is not good.

Besides the achievements, journalistic work in 2023 still had some limitations such as: the dissemination of the Party's policies and guidelines lacked depth in some aspects and content; the number of articles with critical analysis, forecasting, constructive contributions, and those addressing corruption and negative practices, reflecting "hot" issues in society, although increased compared to before, was still not significant; the infrastructure serving the activities of local press agencies was still limited; some agencies, units, and localities did not adequately fulfill their responsibilities in speaking to and providing information to the press...

The conference devoted a significant portion of its time to delegates exchanging and sharing experiences aimed at improving the effectiveness of information and communication work; solutions for building multimedia and multi-platform journalism in line with modern journalistic trends; the necessity of strengthening coordination between media agencies and localities, departments, and sectors to help guide public opinion on sensitive issues arising in the area, thereby conveying timely, complete, and accurate information about the socio-economic development tasks of the locality. Simultaneously, it analyzed and identified trends and challenges in current journalistic activities to determine key tasks and solutions for 2024.

The press agencies continue to work together with the province to comprehensively and effectively disseminate information across all fields.

Ho Dai Nam, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, presents certificates of commendation from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to individuals who have achieved many accomplishments in propaganda work about Quang Tri province in 2023 - Photo: HT

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department presented certificates of merit and commendations to collectives and individuals who have achieved many accomplishments in journalistic activities and contributed to the province's development in 2023.

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