From handwritten manuscripts to “n-in-1” reporters
Editorial Board and staff, editors, reporters, technicians of Electronic Newspaper Department
Under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the attention of provincial leaders, more than 20 years ago, the Editorial Board of Phu Tho Newspaper had early orientation and strategy to develop Phu Tho Newspaper to become the main multimedia press agency of Phu Tho province. During this period, the team of Phu Tho Newspaper journalists was also highly determined with rapid transformation, especially the change of mindset from working on printed newspapers, publishing periodically to continuously bringing information to readers.
Phu Tho Newspaper reporter livestreams the Viet Tri City Open Rowing Tournament on Van Lang Park Lake
Looking back on the past, the Phu Tho Newspaper staff are proud that they have overcome difficulties to take the first steps into the digital age. At that time, in the North, there were only 3 local Party newspapers publishing electronic newspapers; the Phu Tho Newspaper editorial office only had a few computers connected to LAN to type and layout printed newspapers; the team of reporters still used handwritten manuscripts; investing in equipment was a seemingly impossible story. With the consent and facilitation of the province, computers were invested in and connected to the editorial offices and reporter rooms.
A Talk Show program was held at the Studio of Phu Tho Newspaper.
"Rapid training" sessions were organized to equip reporters and editors with IT knowledge; specialized departments were sent to study and gain experience from previous newspapers. After being "surprised" by the internet, computers, the web and graphic applications, the form of "paperless, inkless" publications gradually became complete on the Internet - Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper was born as the first online newspaper product of Phu Tho province to bring information to the whole country and the world in the joy and pride of Phu Tho Newspaper employees and the press community of the whole province.
Reporters working at Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival
Immediately, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper created an effect because news and events spread quickly to readers in the province, the country and the world. In difficult travel conditions, limited communication, and difficulties in publishing printed newspapers, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper quickly brought the Party's guidelines, the State's policies and laws, the leadership and management of the province to Party committees, authorities, departments, branches and organizations. Press works with the keyword "Phu Tho" have truly "reached far" to a large number of readers nationwide and globally. Many readers contacted Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper to express their appreciation when the newspaper helped them have an information channel about Phu Tho, especially investors, overseas Vietnamese or to learn more about investment attraction mechanisms and tourism tours.
Introduce and promote Phu Tho Xoan singing to friends at home and abroad
In particular, information about the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival in 2005 with a variety of information, including images and videos updated continuously and quickly, has become an official and useful information channel for domestic and foreign press agencies to exploit, use for propaganda and promotion. The vivid visual information, reflecting the true events, is conveyed to readers, listeners and viewers on the Internet television technology platform integrated into Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper. The video clips have created an additional information channel to promote and introduce the image of the homeland and people of Phu Tho in a very attractive way. The propaganda effect has been further promoted when Phu Tho Newspaper has been invested by the province with new, modern equipment along with a recording and video recording studio to bring radio and television products to the newspaper. The server is equipped, the Internet bandwidth is upgraded, so the newspaper retrieval speed is faster, and the data storage capacity is larger. While working and accumulating experience, the level of the team of electronic journalists is increasingly improved; the way of information on electronic newspapers is increasingly diverse and rich with new press products such as Infographic, Megastory, live TV... basically meeting the needs of readers. Also from the environment of electronic journalism, Phu Tho Newspaper has more and more "n in 1" reporters - they can simultaneously create content, take photos, film, edit images as well as present graphics.
PV of Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper working during the COVID-19 pandemic
Information about important events was widely disseminated such as: Phu Tho Provincial Party Congress, the election of National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels; the leadership and direction of the province, the working sessions of provincial leaders at the grassroots level; and the province's foreign affairs activities were promptly and fully reported. Important cultural events updated from abroad were promptly posted on Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper such as the Hung King worship ritual recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2012) or Phu Tho Xoan singing recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Protection (2011) and 6 years later was honored as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2017), contributing to attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, spreading the image of Vietnamese culture.
In particular, when the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in the country's history took place, causing all social activities to stagnate and making it difficult to publish printed newspapers, the online newspaper played a role in carrying out the noble mission of Phu Tho Newspaper, which is to bring official information to readers. The epidemic situation, policies and regulations on quarantine and isolation... reached the majority of people quickly and accurately, creating trust for the people to join hands to keep Phu Tho the longest "safe green zone" in the country.
Most recently, there has been information about storms, flash floods, and landslides caused by climate change, typically the circulation of storm No. 3 Yagi, which caused terrible damage to many northern provinces, including Phu Tho. Timely information and live images from Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper have helped readers inside and outside the province follow the developments and situations after the storm, thereby joining hands and supporting people in the province to overcome the consequences and stabilize their lives.
Building a professional press and media agency
Compared to other publications of Phu Tho Newspaper, 20 years of Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper is not a long time, but with the daily and hourly changes of technology, this is a long journey. It is a process of ensuring that political messages are focused, social information is of interest, and always "pursuing" changes in technology so that Phu Tho Newspaper can bring readers compatible "products". The launch of the Electronic Editorial Office and the publication of the English Page on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Phu Tho Newspaper's first publication (2017) and the implementation of the Converged Editorial Office in 2022 have contributed to improving the quality of propaganda of Phu Tho Newspaper in the direction of "Correct - accurate - good - fast - beautiful".
Reporter Le Hoang working at DK1 Platform
In 2021, Phu Tho Newspaper implemented the Phu Tho Newspaper Development Project for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030. It focuses on developing Phu Tho Newspaper in a multi-platform, multimedia direction, aiming to serve the public. In December 2018, "Railway - Quiet notes" - the first product designed in the form of E-Magazine of Phu Tho Newspaper was published, marking the birth of the multimedia journalism genre that later became a regular product that was well received and highly appreciated by readers. In 2017, Phu Tho Newspaper Fanpage was established on the social networking platform Facebook, attracting nearly 100,000 followers to date. This is the first page certified by Facebook with a blue tick in Phu Tho province, affirming its prestige and legitimacy.
Reporters filming at Hung Temple Festival
In the 3 years from 2021-2024, Phu Tho Newspaper channels were successively built on social networking platforms YouTube, TikTok, Podcast, Zalo. Up to now, Phu Tho Newspaper's TikTok page has achieved a blue tick certification and reached more than 2.9 million page likes. Currently, Phu Tho Newspaper's Fanpage and Tiktok pages are at the top of the provincial Party newspaper system nationwide. Currently, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper focuses on strongly developing and improving the effectiveness of the fast and widespread features of Fanpage, Podcast, Tiktok, YouTube, Zalo channels - 5 popular social networking platform applications domestically and internationally to attract readers, strengthen information - propaganda work and fight, refute false and hostile information and viewpoints on the network environment; persistently implementing the goal of a multimedia, multi-platform press agency, diversifying press-communication content and products, expanding the approach to users, especially young readers and listeners who love digital technology.
The implementation of a converged newsroom, promoting live TV programs on newspapers and applications on social networking platforms is a new step forward, affirming the efforts of Phu Tho Newspaper to become a multi-media, multi-platform press agency of the province. In the past 5 years, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper has maintained a stable position of 2nd out of 16 Party newspapers in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region and in the Top 18 Party newspapers nationwide in terms of traffic.
After 20 years, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper has become an archive with millions of digitized records of text, photos, and videos about news, events, and stories about innovation and progress towards a fast and sustainable development of Phu Tho province. Over the past 20 years, Phu Tho Electronic Newspaper has left many marks, becoming an indispensable part of the 63-year journey of building and developing Phu Tho Newspaper. Upholding social responsibility and civic duty, Phu Tho Newspaper staff continue to strive to train, devote themselves, maintain political steadfastness, constantly improve their qualifications in all aspects to have a "bright mind, pure heart, sharp pen" and always accompany the press nationwide towards the goal of building a professional, humane and modern press and media in the new era - the era of national development.
Nguyen Tat Thang - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Phu Tho Newspaper
Source: https://baophutho.vn/chang-duong-20-nam-doi-moi-phat-trien-bao-phu-tho-dien-tu-231989.htm
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