A place to recognize the contributions of journalists to the cause of cultural development.

Many works have modern journalistic colors

Being held for the second time, the National Press Award “For the development of Culture, Sports and Tourism” continues to have strong attraction, with more than 900 works participating. That shows the special interest of press agencies in the fields of culture, sports and tourism.

Many reporters delved into important issues in the fields of Culture, Sports and Tourism . Each entry focused on exploiting from many different angles; from policies, attention, and investment of the Party and State to cultural development... to traditional cultural life in each countryside and locality.

Journalist Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association said: Cultural topics are quite diverse, with works that are oriented by the Party and the State on cultural and ideological work to specific areas of cultural life, from macro to micro in the cultural field.

Journalist and reporter writing about the field of working culture. Illustrative photo

"From traditional culture, modern culture, tourism, sports... and many other areas have been mentioned in the works participating in this year's award. There are many works talking about good people and good deeds, the good and beautiful things from the family and community, from outstanding units and individuals, which are also highlights of the award", journalist Le Quoc Minh shared.

According to the Organizing Committee, this year, some outstanding topics that many groups of authors are interested in and exploit include: The issue of developing Vietnam's cultural industry in the new situation; the issue of protecting the Party's ideological foundation in the field of culture and art; the current situation of Vietnam's sports and tourism industry.

Topics on preserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural heritage in general and the culture of 54 ethnic groups in particular; building the entertainment industry, film market, book market and reading culture; developing tourism, sports, building families, protecting children...; digital transformation in the cultural field, good models, good practices in developing culture, sports, tourism,...

Journalist Nguyen Anh Vu, Editor-in-Chief of Culture Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, said: After screening more than 920 entries, the Organizing Committee reviewed the entries and included them in the final round. Many entries met the requirements of the contest rules and topics from culture, tourism, family, etc., with consistent quality.

“Many works have a modern, multi-platform, multimedia journalistic style... integrated with realistic content and images, from which the jury realized that, in addition to the investment in content, there is also a diversity and richness in expression. Through that, the Organizing Committee judged and selected the most worthy works to award prizes,” emphasized journalist Nguyen Anh Vu.

Provide solutions for development

According to the Organizing Committee, among the entries, cultural topics still account for the largest proportion, in addition, sports and family topics are also invested in by press agencies. The entries all have in-depth investment, clear expression, and press agencies have known how to take advantage of the superiority of different types of journalism.

As in the photojournalism category, each photographic work in the fields of culture, sports, and tourism participating in the contest has a special appeal, which is the work that captures golden moments.

The photojournalism entries were selected for the Final Round. Photo: Dinh Toan

Journalist Bui Lam Khanh, Deputy Head of the News Department - Photo Editorial Board - Vietnam News Agency (member of the preliminary judging round) shared: The quality of press photos in the field of Culture, Sports and Tourism this year is quite good, comprehensively reflecting current events as well as typical cultural issues of the past year.

Some works have attractive content, impressive and professional presentation. The works have a very diverse color, with many new points in approaching and developing the topic. Many issues seem old, but the author knows how to renew them, which will also help create high information efficiency.

Journalist Bui Lam Khanh said, "The Journalism Award "For the Development of Culture, Sports and Tourism" has made an important contribution to helping authors have a playground, shaping creative trends in this field. However, for each photo work in this field to be attractive, it must move the viewer's emotions. To do so, choosing the topic is the first priority. The closer the topic is to life, the more attractive it is. Along with that, the reporters' research and dedication and they need to apply modern ways of expression to improve the quality of the work" .

It can be affirmed that the National Press Award “For the development of culture, sports and tourism” has created a driving force for press agencies to pay more attention and invest more adequately in this field. Not only central press agencies, many local press agencies have paid more attention and spent more time promoting this field.

To have more attractive works in this field, journalist Le Quoc Minh emphasized: “We hope that press agencies have more diverse ways of expression, not necessarily talking directly about cultural issues. We can expand to economic issues with cultural elements, the articles need to follow the direction of journalism, providing solutions for development in the high-tech era, so that the cultural industry can refer to find more effective ways of development in the future”.

The second National Press Awards ceremony "For the development of Culture, Sports and Tourism" is scheduled to take place on the evening of August 28 at the Hanoi Opera House.

The Organizing Committee will award prizes in the following categories: Print Newspaper, Electronic Newspaper, Radio, Television, and Photo Newspaper. In addition, the Collective Prize will be awarded to 3 press agencies with many works participating in the Prize, achieving high results.

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