Works that bring glory to journalism

Keeping in mind the teachings of President Ho Chi Minh: “Journalists are also revolutionary soldiers. Pens and paper are their sharp weapons”, in recent years, the team of journalists in Quang Ninh has always closely followed the vivid reality, persistently researched, created, pondered, and polished each frame and page, so that each work carries both information and the breath of life. From here, many high-quality journalistic works have been born, honored at national and international press awards, and loved and welcomed by the public. That is a strong affirmation of the quality, identity and dedication of journalists in the Mining Region.

President Truong Tan Sang presented the A prize of the 2014 National Press Award to journalist Nguyen The Lam, representative of the group of authors. Photo: Do ​​Quang

Exactly 10 years have passed, but June 21, 2015 will always be a very memorable day for the group of authors Nguyen The Lam, Le Minh Toan, Nguyen Hung, Nguyen Soai, Bui Manh Linh and Nguyen Anh Tuan when they were awarded the A prize of the 2014 National Press Award by President Truong Tan Sang for their work "Innovation in the Party's leadership method - Viewed from streamlining the payroll apparatus in Quang Ninh". For the group of authors, the award is not only a joy and a great honor, but also extremely meaningful in conveying the political message and innovative values ​​of Quang Ninh province to the press and public nationwide.

Journalist Nguyen The Lam, Director of the Provincial Media Center, then Deputy Head of the News Department, Quang Ninh Radio and Television Station, shared: We started to have ideas for the work since the Standing Committee of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee issued Directive 25 on building and implementing the Project "Innovating methods, improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party, streamlining the apparatus and staff". At that time, the News Department of the Provincial Radio and Television Station was the main unit implementing information and propaganda work on the process of building and organizing the implementation of the Project. Determining this as a big issue, having a strong impact and influence in the entire political system, receiving great attention from public opinion, and at the same time being a very new issue, with high theoretical content, so in order to propagate well, reporters must have a deep understanding of theory, stick closely to practice to have convincing and easy-to-understand analysis and arguments. To have a complete work, with high generality, ideological value, reflecting fully and deeply on the implementation of the project requires a process of accumulating theoretical knowledge and serious practical survey. The process of organizing propaganda to carry out political tasks in news bulletins is an opportunity for us to deeply understand the problem.

Journalist Nguyen The Lam and a group of authors at the 2014 National Press Awards Ceremony . Photo: Do ​​Quang

During the 10 months from the time of having the idea and completing the work, we also encountered many difficulties and obstacles. First of all, the implementation of the project affected many cadres and civil servants, so when mentioning the unreasonable, overlapping, cumbersome in the organization, we often did not receive cooperation and it was very difficult to film. In theory, Project 25 is a very large, very new project, of which Quang Ninh is one of the pioneering localities in the country, many contents have not been in practice. However, fortunately, we always received valuable support and help from provincial, department, branch and local leaders to be able to deeply and thoroughly understand the problem.

The group of authors who carried out the work "Innovation in the Party's leadership method - Viewed from streamlining the payroll apparatus in Quang Ninh" worked at the grassroots level. Photo: Do ​​Quang

“Through the implementation of this work, we have also learned many valuable lessons. We must know how to exploit topics and themes about the innovation process, especially pioneering breakthroughs that have influence and spread widely on the national level. In the process of implementing the work, we need to be extremely determined and make every effort to carry it out to the end, and must have a deep understanding of the problem, especially with highly theoretical issues. We always keep in mind: The reality of innovation, the determination to innovate, and the pioneering efforts of Quang Ninh are the source of creativity and achievements of the people working in the Mining Region newspaper” - Journalist Nguyen The Lam shared more.

Passion for documentaries and journalism has given journalist and director Le Tung Bac (member of the Vietnam Cinema Association) many opportunities to gain practical experience at home and abroad. Before returning to Quang Ninh, director Tung Bac was a collaborator of the People's Public Security Cinema (Ministry of Public Security) and the Documentary Film Subcommittee (Vietnam Television). He and director Tran Minh Dai won the A prize at the 2001 National Press Award (predecessor of the National Press Award) with the documentary "Nobody is Anonymous".

Returning to his hometown Quang Ninh, working with the provincial Radio and Television Station, the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center, for nearly 20 years, he and his colleagues have continued to produce many impressive documentaries, reaching out to television viewers nationwide. During his journalism career, he has won many medals, gold and silver awards at the National Television Festivals and awards from the Vietnam Cinema Association. In particular, the documentary "Ha Long Wonders" directed by Tung Bac, cameraman Tuan Hung - Xuan Hoang, won the second prize at the 6th FICTS - Vietnam International Film, Television, Sports and Tourism Festival in 2012.

The Organizing Committee awarded the second prize to the documentary film “Ha Long Wonders” by director Tung Bac (2nd from left) at the 6th FICTS - Vietnam International Film, Television, Sports and Tourism Festival, 2012.

The film “Ha Long Wonders” makes a strong impression with its natural, simple yet captivating storytelling. The film possesses many beautiful, vivid scenes, concise commentary, and delicate harmony, taking viewers from one surprise to another until the end of the film. The film not only has aesthetic value, but also contains valuable scientific information, profound cultural messages, honoring the world natural heritage of Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh, Vietnam.

Director Tung Bac shared: The documentary "Ha Long Wonders" is 30 minutes long, but the production process lasted for many years, because the terrain of Ha Long Bay is extremely vast, the production budget is limited, and the equipment is lacking. We organized filming in small batches, and there was a trip that lasted only a few days before the crew had to "disband" because they could not afford the costs. But we were still determined to pursue this topic with the "guerrilla" tactic of catching the enemy with bare hands, using the short term to support the long term, and most importantly, the brothers in the crew always maintained their enthusiasm, no one was discouraged. We made the most of all relationships and personal reputation so that the crew could continue to roam and penetrate everywhere from the sea of ​​Cat Ba Island (Hai Phong) to the coastal areas and remote islands of the Northeast sea. There were trips where the crew had to mobilize 4-5 cameramen, who also did logistics from stockpiling food and medicine to be able to stay at sea for a long time. And there were also many times when we had to close the camera because of prolonged stormy weather, or when the agency requested to withdraw people to serve an unexpected topic or live program. But for us, we had to adapt to any situation, any mood, raining like rain, sunny like sunshine, thanks to that, the images that appeared in the film were multi-faceted, with moments of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, day and night, fog, sunshine, storms, mysterious silence, sparkling, brilliant.

Documentary is considered the most “hard” genre in television journalism. Some people say that making a documentary requires knowing how to “make it from the material”. Whether it is a documentary or a feature film, this format requires the person doing the work to be well-trained, have deep expertise, and real talent. Because this is a genre with a strong cinematic character, and the production technology must be advanced, time-consuming, laborious, and costly, requiring meticulousness in every stage, from pre-production to post-production. But for director Tung Bac and his colleagues, most of them are self-taught, self-taught, and they invest in additional specialized equipment necessary for film production. For the film “Ha Long Wonders”, his biggest hope is not an award because “I make films because of my passion for the profession and always want to dedicate decent works to the audience. Because they are the ones who classify, evaluate, and even decide the survival of each work, as well as the author - the one who gave birth to it”.

With a serious working spirit, passion for the profession and a desire to improve, the team of journalists in Quang Ninh always strives to overcome difficulties and persistently dedicate themselves. After 6 years of establishment, the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center has continuously grown, gradually affirming its position as the province's main, multimedia, modern press agency. The team of journalists of the Center always keeps the "fire" of the profession, diligently, passionately and creatively, not only creating many proud achievements, but also contributing to enhancing the reputation, position and influence of the Provincial Media Center on the national press map.

In the past 6 years, the Center has won 1 A prize of the National Press Award; 8 B prizes; 6 C prizes (including the National Press Awards, the National Golden Hammer and Sickle Awards, the Dien Hong Awards...); 26 Gold, Silver, Bronze prizes and certificates of merit at the National Radio and Television Festivals. Among them, journalists Bui Thi Thu Huong, Bui Thi Thuy Linh, Nguyen Thi Thu, Nguyen Thu Giang, Vu Thi Dung, Nguyen Thanh Hoa, Vu Thi Bich Hanh, Le Lan, Nguyen Thi Thanh Trang, Ta Thi Ngoan... have continuously participated in the press awards of the central, ministerial and sectoral levels for many years and have achieved high results in all types of journalism. Those successes are not only the pride of each individual, but also become a source of motivation, encouragement, "fire" for the profession, inspiration for the team of journalists of the Provincial Media Center in particular and Quang Ninh in general to continue to be passionate, spread love and dedication to the profession.

Journalist Bui Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director of the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center, representing the group of authors receiving the A prize, the 17th National Press Award, 2022. Photo: Do ​​Phuong

The work "Controlling the power of officials: Practice from the local level" in the radio reportage genre with 3 episodes by the group of authors Bui Thi Thu Huong, Bui Thi Thuy Linh, Nguyen Thi Thanh Trang, Ta Thi Ngoan, Nguyen Thanh Tu has excellently won the A prize of the National Press Award in 2022, which is a clear demonstration of the professional capacity, professional courage and dedication of the team of journalists at the Provincial Media Center.

The work was born at a time when Party committees from the central to local levels were giving strong directions to clean up the apparatus and increase people's trust. With authentic data, solid arguments, and "right-person, right-role" interviews proving the arguments and deepening the issue, the work was presented vividly and attractively, meeting the expectations of public opinion. Immediately after the first episode of the work was broadcast, there were many responses from listeners about the work and the production team.

Sharing about the process of making the work, journalist Bui Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director of the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center, said: From the time we discovered the topic, researched, and organized the production of this series of radio reports, for us, it was a process of concentrated labor, investing our efforts and intelligence seriously in each step of selecting interviewees, explaining each issue and each detail. In Quang Ninh, there have been a number of key officials, former key officials in localities who have been disciplined, even caught up in legal trouble due to violations in the process of performing their duties, due to abuse of power, causing pain and discontent in society. We thought about how to orient public opinion from such incidents and what are the effective solutions? These questions have urged the team to make a series of long reports on this issue.

During the production of the work, because it involved the issue of disciplining many cadres and party members from the province down to the localities in the province, the crew encountered many difficulties in contacting the characters for interviews. There were many characters who initially agreed to answer but later refused, forcing the crew to continuously discuss, find and contact other characters to suit the content of the work. The group contacted and went to many localities and collected over 50 interviews with different characters. Among them, there were many characters living and working in many remote localities in the province such as the border city of Mong Cai, the mountainous district of Tien Yen or the island district of Co To... making the completion of the interview content take a lot of time and effort.

The group of authors from the Provincial Media Center discussed the topic of the 2022 National Press Award. Photo: Thu Chung

In the development trend of modern journalism, sometimes we think that some types of newspapers such as print newspapers and radio have been forgotten, but in fact, each type of journalism has its own readers and listeners. Radio listeners today may be narrower than before, but the quality is more refined. This group of listeners still always trust, expect and look forward to information from this very special type. And when the public pays attention, welcomes, and honors them with noble awards, for journalists, it is a worthy result for their dedication and devotion to the profession and work they have chosen and pursued. The work “Controlling the power of cadres: Practice from the local level” is the same, not only reflecting the current situation but also recommending short-term and long-term solutions to both control and support cadres to “stand firm” against the temptations of power and material things, thereby contributing to the effective implementation of Party building and rectification work at the local level.

And more than the awards, the most valuable thing is the spirit of silent dedication, passion and responsibility of each Quang Ninh journalist. They still work hard every day with their pens, living fully with their professional ideals, so that each work becomes a bridge between the Party's will and the people's heart, to be worthy of the role of a soldier on the Party's ideological and cultural front, worthy of the people's trust and love.

Nguyen Dung

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