Many innovations in professional training
Facing challenges and questions about how to help many journalist members access new knowledge about modern journalism, proactively research and apply digital technology, the Journalists Association of Quang Ninh province has Actively and proactively deploy a series of innovative and creative solutions synchronously in professional training to improve operational capacity to meet new requirements and digital transformation trends.
Over the past many years, in the work of professional training, the Journalists Association of Quang Ninh province has regularly built plans on the basis of gathering a list of courses based on collecting opinions from branches and members. From there, we unanimously decided to organize professional training classes that journalist members really need.
Reporter of Quang Ninh Communications Center on a working trip.
From that urgent need, the Provincial Journalists Association coordinated with the Journalism Professional Training Center - Vietnam Journalists Association to organize classes in the province or at the Journalism Professional Training Center. In addition, the Provincial Journalists Association also proactively coordinated with the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Department of Information and Communications to invite lecturers to organize short-term professional training classes for members. The theme in recent years has mainly focused on creating multimedia, multi-platform journalistic works, creating a long-form work, e-magazine or megastory. How to work with a mobile phone, how to make short videos...
Journalist Do Ngoc Ha, Standing Vice Chairman of the Journalists Association of Quang Ninh province, said that in addition to training in modern journalism, there is also training in skills to create journalistic works about Party building work. The Association also coordinated with the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department to organize the event. These classes are associated with discussions on creating quality journalistic works on Party building. The goal to strive for is to have quality journalistic works participate in the Press Awards on Party Building at the provincial and national levels.
At these training courses, the Party building committees of the Provincial Party Committee also provide a number of topics that need to be propagated, content related to aspects of Party building work, and suggestive topics for the council. selected by the journalist.
“At the same training and discussion session, we assigned members to find and develop a number of topics and outlines to present. Leaders of Party building committees, lecturers, leaders of press agencies and colleagues will participate in direct comments on that topic to see if it can be achieved and implemented, and in what direction it should be implemented. ” Journalist Do Ngoc Ha shared.
Bring positive values
In professional training activities, for topics that journalists and reporters themselves love, they will continue to learn more so they can apply them to their journalistic work. Only then will the training courses be effective and lasting. In addition, from the lecturer's resources, students will show each other, those who can do it will show those who have not. Because in reality, it is very difficult for students to master the lecture instructions through just 1 to 2 training sessions.
Quang Ninh Journalists Association organizes a training course on "Graphic skills for journalistic works" online.
Reality shows that currently, some courses of the Provincial Journalists Association, in addition to theory, are also associated with practical work. Recently, the Provincial Journalists Association has deployed this method with training content such as: Taking photos, applying smartphones in work; Create high quality journalistic works...
The Provincial Journalists Association determined that the classroom course does not mean everything is done, but that reporters basically grasp and apply it into practice. Field trips not only create a "channel" for reporters to get more information about the topic from the facility, but also create a relationship between the reporter and the facility. And the most important thing is to be suggestive, to inspire learning and research for everyone so that everyone can continue to study, explore, and find out for themselves.
In order for the work of fostering journalism skills to continue to be effective, journalist Do Ngoc Ha said that because journalist members work in many different types of journalism, including print journalism, electronic journalism, and television. , broadcasting, production and distribution on social networking platforms are very diverse, so the Provincial Journalists Association will coordinate with Journalists Associations in the emulation cluster to take advantage and promote the strengths of the units. .
Depending on each topic, the Provincial Journalists Association will send members to the Journalists Association of your province to organize an in-depth discussion on a certain content. Because in reality there are contents that only a few people at that province's Journalists Association are interested in. If the Journalists Association of a province organizes a class on an in-depth topic, there will be a situation where few students participate, which will waste human resources and time.
The job characteristics of each journalist are that they are quite busy and must follow the agency's news production plan. If they are forced to take long classes, they will have to work while studying or work in class. learn.
To create excitement for members to study anytime, anywhere, the Journalists Association has established zalo groups and fanpages, which will share documents, images, and videos of journalism courses. Through conferences, seminars, and discussions, the Provincial Journalists Association gathers and selects documents to send to that group for students in need and to spend time studying. Each student who is passionate about any field will research on their own. Recently, there have been many documents on using AI, GPT Chat, new technology with journalism and media activities or documents at the International Conference "Digital press office management, theory, practice, experience in the region". ASEAN region" can also be sent to the group for students to research.
Journalist Do Ngoc Ha said, “In addition to the collected documents, we send notification event links so that everyone can follow online seminars and online classes on social networking platforms. If working people cannot attend the seminars, they can review them at any time and review them in a more focused way. I think that's also effective, it doesn't force you to sit at a desk and fits in with the time the reporter goes to work.".
