Innovation in model and operation of provincial press
Before 2019, Quang Ninh province had 3 press agencies: Quang Ninh Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station, Ha Long Newspaper. On January 2, 2019, the Standing Committee of Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee issued Decision No. 1276-QD/TU to establish the Provincial Media Center on the basis of merging the organizational structure and staffing of the province's information and press agencies, including: Quang Ninh Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station, Ha Long Newspaper under the Provincial Literature and Arts Association, Editorial Department of the General Electronic Information Portal (under the Office of the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee).
Reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper in Quang Ninh asked a question at the press conference about activities celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Quang Ninh province.
Immediately after its establishment, the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center quickly arranged and stabilized its organizational structure; operated the model of "Multimedia Convergence Newsroom". This model takes information as the center on a digital production platform; each stage of work is professionalized, synchronizing information on television, radio, electronic newspapers, printed newspapers, social networks, etc.
Currently, the Provincial Media Center has 2 TV channels (QTV1, QTV3) broadcasting 24/24 hours a day; 2 radio channels (QNR1, QNR2) broadcasting 18 hours a day, daily Quang Ninh printed newspaper, Quang Ninh weekend newspaper, Ha Long newspaper (2 issues/month), Hoa Sen Special Edition (1 issue/month), Quang Ninh electronic newspaper.
Along with the above types of press, the Provincial Media Center is operating the province's general electronic information portal, social networking sites: youtube Quang Ninh TV, fanpage QMG - Quang Ninh News 24/7, tiktok.
Provincial leaders awarded the 2022 Quang Ninh Press Awards to the winning authors.
Journalist Mai Vu Tuan, Director of Quang Ninh Media Center, said: Information content is implemented on publications and channels of the Provincial Media Center to ensure consistency, speed, accuracy on all infrastructures, with high information value and orientation. The daily production plan is agreed upon through the initial meeting between the Center's leaders and the content production departments and editorial departments based on information sources from the direction work, to issues arising in life discovered by reporters or information sources from the network of collaborators. From the initial information packages, topics will be selected to decide on implementation suitable for each type and genre of journalism (news, articles, or can be developed into photo series with video clips, multimedia products...). Information sources become the common property of the Media Center, exploited and provided by the departments on the infrastructures, meeting the diverse needs for information as well as diverse reception methods of the public. The model of "Converged Newsroom" with 14 departments divided into input, output, and support blocks is considered a relatively reasonable model in the current context, helping the leadership easily manage the work. The balance between the production block and the editorial block in the model also helps the production and distribution process on the infrastructure to be synchronous and professional, suitable for the practical requirements of the province, meeting the needs of the public as well as gradually developing according to the trend of modern journalism. When operating production on many infrastructures, press products support each other, increase influence, and increase efficiency in information orientation.
Proactively provide press information
Quang Ninh Provincial Journalists Association organized a field trip for resident journalists to Dat Viet Ceramic Joint Stock Company Complex in September 2023.
As a routine, every Tuesday, resident reporters in Quang Ninh province arrange time to attend weekly press conferences organized by the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department in coordination with agencies and units. At these conferences, resident journalists in the area are informed by leaders of agencies, units, businesses, and localities in the province about the implementation of tasks of the province and each agency and unit; and answer and resolve issues that journalists are interested in. Issues that journalists are interested in are recorded on ballots or discussed directly on the Zalo group. After that, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department is responsible for contacting the leaders of agencies and units to assign spokespersons or responsible persons to answer and provide information to the press the following week.
Along with organizing press conferences, the Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications, and the Provincial Journalists Association have maintained the order of monthly press conferences. The Department of Information and Communications organizes ad hoc press conferences when there are issues and events of special interest to the press and public opinion.
Journalist Le Thanh Tan, Chief Representative of Investment Newspaper in the Northeast region, said: The Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications, and the Provincial Journalists Association have maintained regular press conferences and press information activities. This helps resident journalists have accurate and timely sources of information. We have shared the method of Quang Ninh and other localities that have also applied it effectively.
Journalist Do Ngoc Ha, Permanent Vice President of the Quang Ninh Provincial Journalists Association, said: Quang Ninh is a vibrant area in socio-economic development, with many new models and approaches in building the political system. Along with that, the province always attaches importance to, promotes and proactively provides information to the press. Therefore, this is a favorable environment and location for reporters of press agencies to work. Perhaps that is why, from only a few press agencies setting up representative offices and sending resident reporters, up to now, there have been 47 central, ministerial, sectoral and local press agencies setting up representative offices and sending resident reporters with more than 110 journalists and reporters (there are 24 representative offices with 76 people, 23 press agencies sending resident reporters with 24 people); 10 press agencies sending full-time reporters with 13 reporters.
Journalist Le Ngoc Han, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Quang Ninh province, affirmed: This is a team of reporters and journalists who are well-trained, closely attached to the people of Quang Ninh province, and are an important focal point in promoting the image of Quang Ninh to friends, tourists, and investors at home and abroad.
Promoting the role of media types
Quang Ninh Provincial Journalists Association Football Team participates in the 2023 National Press Agency Football Tournament.
Also according to Journalist Le Ngoc Han, since 2012, Quang Ninh province has started implementing a media cooperation program with a number of central, ministerial and sectoral press agencies. Accordingly, from 2018 to present, the province has maintained a media cooperation program with about 30 press agencies/year, aiming to promote the communication work to promote the image of Quang Ninh to domestic and foreign tourists, friends and investors; at the same time, support the province to promptly and effectively refute false information on the internet environment.
Regarding the grassroots information system: From 2019 to present, 13/13 districts, towns and cities of Quang Ninh province have established district-level cultural communication centers on the basis of merging district-level radio and television stations with the Center for Culture - Sports, contributing to perfecting the policy on developing the district-level radio and television system in the area, helping relevant agencies, units and districts, towns and cities have a basis to develop annual implementation plans; proactively allocate funds to implement tasks of developing district-level radio and television facilities.
The province's electronic information portal system includes 5 level 1 component portals (Main Portal, English, Chinese, Tourism, Enterprise), 59 level 2 component electronic information portals including: departments, branches, sectors, socio-political organizations; 127 level 3 component electronic information portals including: Communes, wards, and towns in districts, towns, and cities (have received administrative and operational accounts) and 26 linked electronic information pages (websites); more than 50 general electronic information pages have been assessed and licensed by the Department of Information and Communications.
Also quite early (June 2017), Quang Ninh province has used social networks as an official communication channel to propagate policies and guidelines. Specifically, on Facebook, the province has established an official fanpage system called DDCI Quang Ninh; fanpages of departments with names such as: DDCI Information and Communications; DDCI Tourism; DDCI Culture and Sports...; fanpages of localities with names such as: DDCI Co To; DDCI Quang Yen...
Particularly, the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center has pages and information channels on social networks including: Fanpage QMG - Quang Ninh News 24/7; QMG - Quang Ninh Media Group (English), Chinese Fanpage on Weibo social network; Quang Ninh TV channel on Youtube social network. Since the end of 2018, Quang Ninh province has started to launch the Quang Ninh e-Government Zalo channel to propagate policies and connect with the people. To date, the Quang Ninh e-Government Zalo channel has connected to more than 981,900 Zalo accounts of people in Quang Ninh province.
Journalist Le Ngoc Han, Director of the Provincial Department of Information and Communications, affirmed: Quang Ninh attaches special importance to communication and promotion work, always determining that communication work must be one step ahead. Accordingly, along with economic, cultural and social development plans, the province has issued information plans and strategies with the central goal of promoting information and communication about Quang Ninh in the new period. In particular, emerging throughout is the orientation of building an image and brand of Quang Ninh that strongly develops in economy, tourism, culture, rich and abundant in natural resources, natural landscapes and environment; a Quang Ninh with guaranteed national defense and security, a safe, civilized, friendly and hospitable destination; capable of attracting investment from businesses; increasing competitiveness in the region and internationally.
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