Along with the miners

, Quang Ninh press still flows tirelessly, persistently and quietly. Just like the deep coal seams, where darkness does not subdue people, journalism in the Mining Region is not a job for those who are afraid of difficulties. Because to write about miners, not only do you need a pen, but you also need a heart that sympathizes with every beat of life of the miners, you need feet that have experienced the coal layers and eyes that are not afraid of the darkness of the deep mines...

Going back in time, to the end of 1928, when Than Newspaper - the first newspaper of the mining working class was born in the movement to fight against French colonialism, marked the early presence of revolutionary journalism in Quang Ninh. Not only a voice, Than Newspaper was a torch to light the way for strikes, a place to entrust the aspirations of miners living deep in the mines.

Every issue of Than Newspaper had a slogan at the top of the front page taken from the concluding sentence of the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels: “Workers of the world , unite!” The content of the articles was news and reports about the miserable life, the brutal and unjust treatment of mine owners right in Cam Pha and Cua Ong. The newspaper also called for and guided the struggle, such as: “Factory to the workers!”, “Land to the farmers!”, “Establish a youth government!”. Workers passed the papers around, literate people read them to illiterate people.

Than Newspaper had a profound influence on the workers of the Cam Pha and Cua Ong coal regions. Party members monitored the reactions of the masses, both correcting the writing style and understanding the masses to recruit new members. In mid-1929, the Party Cell prepared a special issue of Than Newspaper to commemorate the October Revolution in Russia, along with preparations to hang flags, stretch slogans, distribute leaflets, set mines to derail railways, and destroy power transformer stations. Fortunately, comrade Nguyen Van Cu (at that time with the alias Phung) on behalf of the Northern Regional Party Committee gave timely instructions and corrections. He analyzed the rash mistake in the plan to detonate mines but encouraged Than Newspaper. He gave comments on both the content and form of the special issue of Than Newspaper.

After the Liberation of the Mining Area, the press entered a new period - the period of reconstruction and construction. Quang Ninh Newspaper, Quang Ninh Radio - Television ... became witnesses to record every step of the transformation of the Coal industry - from simple collective houses, production shifts lasting all night, to the dirty but bright smiles of workers when they exceeded production in the 90-day and night campaign. Newspaper pages and television reports are not only stories of work, but also living documents about the life and culture of miners - a class of people who have forged the identity of Quang Ninh with a strong working-class character.

“Although in the early days of its establishment, the facilities were very poor, there were famous press works that shocked the whole country, such as the article by journalist Vu Dieu about the coal industry, miners taking turns off. The newspaper realized the cause was due to the limited management level of the coal industry, so it focused on writing about the coal industry, about the lives of workers from the layoff. The printed newspaper was passed around to read by workers. Many people who did not have a newspaper made photocopies to read. The articles were ahead of the management mechanism, forecasting, analyzing the situation correctly and, importantly, were true to the wishes and aspirations of the workers. Later, Quang Ninh Newspaper collected those articles to print into a book” – journalist Le Toan, former Editor-in-Chief of Quang Ninh Newspaper, recalled.

Journalist Tran Giang Nam works underground.

The pages written about the coal industry by journalist Tran Giang Nam - former reporter of Quang Ninh Newspaper and Vietnam Coal - Minerals Magazine have also entered the lives of people in the mining area in a natural and simple way. His writing style is not exhortative, not embellished, but like the coal veins flowing underground, deep, profound and warm. In his career as a journalist, he has told countless stories about the lives of workers, the night shift with the bright lights of the furnace and the times of rescuing miners in trouble... All are expressed with understanding and respect for each character and each detail.

Because he had been on so many trips, he could not remember exactly how many times he had worked underground, or on the sunny and windy coal floor. But what remained most in his mind was the feeling of admiration for the extraordinary work of the miners. In their work, they were extraordinary when setting records for production and meters of the mine. When an accident occurred, they were brave, disciplined and combative like soldiers.

Journalist Tran Giang Nam confided: As a journalist in the Vietnam Coal and Minerals industry, with serious accidents like this, honestly, I am no longer a journalist, journalism has been pushed to a secondary position. I went there as a member of the rescue force, went there to participate in the rescue. I remember, all those days and nights of rescue, the miners clearly showed themselves to be a special elite army, with high unity, strict discipline, no different from the army. Is that why Uncle Ho compared coal workers to "an army fighting the enemy"? Thousands of people came one after another according to work requirements, day and night, carrying rescue tools, lining up neatly, listening to orders, shouting "determination!" entering the mine one after another to replace the previous shifts that were temporarily on leave. Just obediently, obediently, like a machine that had been programmed.

Likewise, journalist Trong Trung - former Head of the Special Topics Department, Quang Ninh Radio and Television Station - was one of the first photojournalists to bring images of miners to television. Each of his reports was not simply news, but a slice of the soul of the people of the Coal Region, where a cheerful smile of a miner in the middle of a third shift could become a touching moment. In his time, the image of a reporter leading the scene under the mine - where only a little light was reflected on the safety helmets; or among the giant machines on the open-pit mine, seemed to bring a new breeze to the television audience. Through television, miners saw themselves in each report, they loved their job more and more and were more enthusiastic about working.

Reporter of Quang Ninh Province Media Center recorded the moment Mr. Ngo Hoang Ngan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Group , talked with workers of Nui Beo mine.

Nowadays, when the press enters the technological era, the story of the miner is no longer only present in print or radio, but has spread strongly on digital platforms. Spoken reporters such as Truong Giang (Voice of Vietnam) - who once "slept undercover" for many days in the mines to have the most authentic articles and sounds about the portrait of the miner; visual reporters Hoang Yen, Quoc Thang, Hong Thang often work at a depth of hundreds of meters underground, always carrying modern cameras and capturing emotional frames...

From the perspective of modern journalists, the coal industry appears with a new, strong appearance. Stories about automation, artificial intelligence, the “smart mine” model… are not dry because there are still workers’ eyes looking into the lens, there is crisp laughter in the mine, there is sweat falling silently on the hands of the van drivers.

Today's press not only reports news, but also builds images, contributes to promoting corporate culture, and spreads the value of the land. In national journalism playgrounds, works about the coal industry are always present, carrying the unique colors of Quang Ninh - where the press and the coal industry together write a new chapter of history.

The TV reporter team of the Provincial Media Center worked at the underground mine of Vang Danh Coal Joint Stock Company - Vinacomin.

Not many industries have such a close, symbiotic relationship with the press as the coal industry. And not many places like Quang Ninh - where each miner is willing to share, tell stories, and take journalists deep underground to see the hardships without hiding anything. That is a precious asset, a "living material" that cannot be found anywhere else.

On the contrary, the Coal industry also considers the press as a strategic friend; supporting information, images and working together to create a “media ecosystem” rich in identity. In difficulties or achievements, the press and the Coal industry always go hand in hand, closely connected.

Quang Ninh - the land of black coal, of hands calloused by sweat and coal dust, with eyes always looking forward, where every meter of land bears the footprints of miners. And it was also there that I began my journey as a journalist, entering the profession with all the respect for a land that has written vivid pages of history and the press has become a witness, a companion and a motivator ever since.

Once, during a work trip to the market furnace at a depth of minus 400 meters of Mong Duong mine, I interviewed a miner: "Have you ever been afraid of the darkness of the mine?" He laughed: "Yes, but I'm used to it. Now, if I stay above ground for too long, I miss the sound of hammers, the smell of coal, mine smoke, and the smell of dirt and rocks."

That answer to me was like a reminder. How can a journalist sit in an air-conditioned room and write about heat? How can one understand light if one has never walked in darkness?

Reporter Thanh Hai, Special Topics Department, Quang Ninh Media Center, working underground at Vang Danh mine.

Our generation of journalists today may find it difficult to clearly feel the breath of the Coal Mines when journalist Tran Giang Nam carried his camera to all the mines, and even less experienced than journalist Trong Trung in his heart-touching reports. But we can continue on the path they opened with responsible writings, with each frame filled with emotion and with the belief that: Writing about miners is writing about silent heroes.

In the midst of the black coal area, light seems to shine from each line of text, each frame, each film, each radio wave… All of them add up to a never-ending stream of journalism. It is not just a symbiosis – it is a lasting love between Quang Ninh journalism and the coal industry, between writers and workers. And we – modern journalists will continue the tradition and immortal spirit of revolutionary journalism, of “coal journalists” to continue, to continue writing never-ending stories about miners, those who are dedicating their strength and intelligence every day to the coal vein that flows forever…

Hoang Yen

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