Store valuable articles and footage

At Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio - Television Station, archiving published press products is always considered important, bringing many values ​​in performing professional tasks.

The server system stores the radio and television broadcasts of Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio and Television Station.

A "massive" archive of documents.

The Technical and Technology Department of Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio and Television currently has 3 servers storing journalistic materials and products with a total capacity of up to 323.2 TB. Previously, when technology was not yet developed, the storage of radio and television products was done on tapes. From 2009 to the present, this has been done on the information technology infrastructure.

Every day, the provincial newspaper and radio and television station maintain 18 hours of television broadcasting and 8 hours of radio broadcasting with dozens of programs ranging from news, documentaries, bulletins, arts and entertainment segments, talk shows, feature films, etc. All programs, after completion and broadcasting, are selected and stored on the system.

"For each program, we create archive folders organized by day, month, and year, specifically down to each broadcast session: morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and end of the day... The number of archive folders over the past decades is enormous," said Nguyen Duc Dung, an IT technician.

In addition to raw data and broadcast programs, the server system also stores many valuable film clips about history, about President Ho Chi Minh and other Party and State leaders associated with the Eastern region, or major political events of the country and the province such as Party Congresses...

Hard drives storing radio and television broadcast materials.

In case the server system malfunctions, the Technical and Technology Department of Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio and Television Station also stores important documents and programs on external hard drives with capacities ranging from 2 to 10 TB/drive. Many editors, reporters, and technicians also select and store important documents and products on their personal computers and external hard drives.

In the field of print media, Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio-Television currently has 532 volumes archived, containing all publications of Hai Duong Newspaper published from Hai Duong News (1957-1961), Hai Duong Moi Newspaper (1961-1968), Hai Hung Newspaper (1968-1996), and Hai Duong Newspaper (from 1997 to the present). All are bound and carefully stored by quarter and month. Over decades of existence, many issues and articles have been marked by time, but they have largely retained their original size, clear font, and have not faded.

The printed publications of Hai Duong Newspaper from its early days to the present are still carefully preserved.

In 2009, the Hai Duong online news portal (now the Hai Duong online newspaper) was launched. For the past 16 years, all journalistic works published on this platform have been stored on a server system.

Printed publications of Hai Duong Newspaper are now also integrated into the Hai Duong online newspaper (PDF version), meeting readers' needs while also serving as a channel for information storage.

The old printed newspapers of Hai Duong are expected to be digitized and stored as PDF files.

Journalist Nguyen Van Nghiep, a technician in the Electronic News and Digital Content Department, stated: "The server system has been upgraded, so it can now handle hundreds of thousands of daily visits to the Hai Duong online newspaper. Not long ago, the Hai Duong online newspaper recorded nearly 290,000 visits in a single day."

Utilizing old documents to support current work.

The archiving of content from spoken, visual, radio, and print media at Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio-Television Station is not simply a mandatory requirement mandated by the State.

These valuable film clips and documents are like a "giant history book," recording relatively fully the development of the homeland and the country in general, and the history of the formation and development of Hai Duong's journalism through various periods in particular. Behind each film clip and each old newspaper article is the silent, dedicated, and selfless contribution of the journalists of Hai Duong throughout their journey...

Journalist Hoang Minh Dung, Head of the Television Editorial Department of Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio and Television Station, highly appreciates the importance of documentary footage in professional activities.

Throughout the years, these materials have consistently been utilized to optimally serve professional duties. In addition to using the agency's shared resources, journalist Hoang Minh Dung, Head of the Television Editorial Department of Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio-Television Station, also stores numerous television videos from decades ago on his personal computer.

According to Mr. Dung, in the field of television, archiving videos is even more significant. Although old, black-and-white, and of low quality, documentary television footage is very valuable for propaganda work both now and in the future. It makes the work more vivid, engaging, and accurate. If a television program dealing with past events only uses graphics and commentary, it will be difficult to convince viewers.

"In 2020, we produced a documentary titled '80 Years of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee: A Glorious Legacy of the Flag.' The documentary used many images filmed half a century ago. These are truly valuable documents, making the documentary more authentic and engaging," Mr. Dung explained, giving an example.

Reporter Dang Phuong Linh frequently rereads old newspapers.

For Dang Phuong Linh, a reporter in the Hai Duong Newspaper's Reporter Department, and many of her colleagues, the Hai Duong Newspaper's archives are like a "textbook on the history of Hai Duong journalism." Regularly rereading old newspapers helps young reporters like her accumulate a lot of experience in their professional work.

Whenever she has time or is preparing to submit articles for special issues of newspapers celebrating holidays and festivals throughout the year, Ms. Linh "roots herself" in the print newspaper archives to read and research information.

"Reading old newspaper articles helps me broaden my thinking and accumulate a lot of experience in developing topics. The experience of previous generations of journalists is basically reflected in each newspaper stored in this archive, and we have a responsibility to build upon it and make the newspaper even better," Linh said.

Digitized documents are helpful for the professional work of journalists.

Thanks to the videos and articles stored on the Hai Duong Online Newspaper CMS, reporters from the Hai Duong Newspaper and Radio and Television Station can review, search for information, and compare data from previous years, which greatly assists in the current news production process.

TIEN MANH

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