Journalist Ly Van Sau with valuable lessons about journalism

(CLO) Journalist Ly Van Sau not only contributed to the birth of one of the first local Party newspapers, Bao Thang, and the establishment of the Southern Voice and the Voice of Vietnam... but to this day he has also passed on a way of journalism that carries many practical and rich values.

Where journalist Ly Van Sau's journalism career began

Throughout his career as a journalist, journalist Ly Van Sau has made many contributions in the fields of information, propaganda, foreign information and building the News Agency's radio and television industry, leaving many important marks on the political and diplomatic front. His journalistic activities have effectively served the cause of national liberation, national reunification and the cause of revolutionary journalism in Vietnam.

Journalist Ly Van Sau (4th from left) takes a souvenir photo with leaders of Khanh Hoa Newspaper during a visit to the editorial office. (Photo courtesy)

In mid-April 1946, Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee held an expanded conference in Dai Dien Dong village (Dien Dien commune, Dien Khanh district) and issued a resolution on publishing a newspaper of the provincial Party Committee, named Bao Thang. The name of the newspaper expressed the determination to defeat all invaders and the revolutionary spirit of the army and people of Khanh Hoa at that time.

After a year of preparation, on April 26, 1947, Thang Newspaper published its first issue in the Hon Du resistance zone (Khanh Vinh district). At first, Thang Newspaper's team consisted of only 5 people: Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy - former Chairman of the Khanh Hoa Province Administrative Resistance Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Thang Newspaper; Mr. Ly Van Sau - responsible for the content and considered the editor-in-chief of Thang Newspaper.

As the content manager for Bao Thang, Mr. Ly Van Sau took the first steps on the path to becoming a great journalist of the country. In the early days of working for Bao Thang, journalist Ly Van Sau collected information from Vietnamese, English, French radio stations and from local reports to write and report. At the same time, he was also the person who directly edited news and articles of others.

Immediately after the publication of Bao Thang, it received the love, acceptance and protection of all classes of people in the whole province. The spiritual and material encouragement of people from urban to rural areas encouraged the people of Bao Thang to publish one issue after another.

Since then, Bao Thang has been integrated into the historical flow of the resistance war and national independence struggle led by the Provincial Party Committee. The newspaper has carried the voice of the Party, the Provincial Party Committee's resistance guidelines, articles encouraging patriotism, love for the homeland, hatred for the enemy... all for the victory of the resistance war.

Journalist Cung Phu Quoc, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Khanh Hoa Newspaper, affirmed: "Through the stories about the early days of Thang Newspaper by journalist Ly Van Sau and his contemporaries, generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper staff always remember and continue the tradition of overcoming difficulties, loving the profession, and wanting to develop the newspaper to serve the cause of national construction and innovation."

Journalist Cung Phu Quoc - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Khanh Hoa Newspaper delivered a speech at the seminar "Journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau: A loyal heart". Photo: Son Hai

More than 77 years have passed, but Khanh Hoa journalists today are still proud of the revolutionary tradition of their newspaper. The thoughts and actions of each reporter today were forged throughout the heroic history of Thang newspaper during the days of resistance against French colonialism.

Through many difficult and fierce periods, the enemy still could not erase the voice of the Party and the people of Khanh Hoa. Today, Khanh Hoa newspaper has become one of the very few earliest Party newspapers of the revolutionary press.

Building journalistic standards

In 1949, Lien Khu V assigned journalist Ly Van Sau to directly edit and assist Director Nguyen Van Nguyen in operating the Southern Voice Radio Station (codenamed Tay Son Station). The Southern Voice Radio Station broadcast in Vietnamese, and later broadcast in French and English. The station's programs included news, mainly war news, domestic and international situations, and conveyed government directives and commentary to help people understand the plots and tricks of the French colonialists, calling for patriotism and solidarity against foreign invaders.

From his success in propaganda work, during the period 1968 - 1973, he was chosen as the spokesman of the Front and then the Provisional Government of the Republic of South Vietnam at the Paris Conference. In September 1973, he was the Director of the Propaganda and Culture Department of the Southern Committee (Unification Committee).

Delegates view documents and photos about journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau. Photo: Son Hai

In May 1975, journalist Ly Van Sau was assigned as the First Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Television Station. In July 1977-1986, he was the Deputy Head of the Vietnam Radio and Television Commission and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Television Station 1977-1980; Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of Vietnam Radio Station 1980-1985.

Journalist Tran Duc Nuoi, ​​former Head of the Editorial Secretariat of Voice of Vietnam, said: During his time working at Voice of Vietnam, journalist Ly Van Sau often met young journalists and youths. He had interesting talks about journalism. He emphasized that journalists must have a long-term vision. Journalists are happiest when they can live and work in events, in historical moments. Immerse yourself in them and reflect honestly, because that is what creates the soul of the work.

“Journalist Ly Van Sau always shared with young journalists that when writing an article or a piece of news, journalists must discover new details, even if the new details are very small, they still need to be discovered, otherwise they will just be ordinary people. Working in radio and television requires eloquence, talking, sharing, and exchanging in a concise and concise manner. So that listeners can easily understand and remember,” Mr. Tran Duc Nuoi recalled.

In each different period, journalist Ly Van Sau knew how to apply the traditional journalism methods left by his ancestors, and at the same time he also effectively applied modern journalism methods to improve propaganda effectiveness, bringing the Vietnamese voice to the world.

Journalist Tran Duc Nuoi confided: I really remember what journalist Ly Van Sau said, "To be a journalist, you must know how to accumulate documents, preserve the documents you collect and know how to exploit them." Throughout my journey, I realized that journalist Ly Van Sau is a person who accumulates a lot of knowledge, reads and writes a lot and has a talented memory. I learned how to learn foreign languages ​​from him, from which I realized that journalists need to know at least one foreign language, knowing a foreign language opens up horizons, and allows you to absorb more information.

Delegates take souvenir photos with relatives of journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau. Photo: N.Tam

It can be said that throughout his life, Ly Van Sau lived the life of a journalist, soldier, and revolutionary diplomat. Every step and every stage of his career was closely linked to the development of journalism and the history of his country. With his positive and effective contributions, journalist Ly Van Sau truly became one of the typical journalists of Vietnam's revolutionary journalism.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/nha-bao-ly-van-sau-voi-nhung-bai-hoc-ve-nghe-con-nguyen-gia-tri-post319754.html