Number of entries to the 19th National Press Awards increased

According to the National Press Awards Secretariat, the 19th National Press Awards is the first year to be implemented according to the National Press Awards Charter (amended and supplemented) in 2024 with a number of new regulations and award groups. Notably, this year, the Vietnam Journalists Association, the award organizer, received a record number of entries.

The 19th National Press Awards had the highest number of entries ever.

According to the summary report of the Preliminary Round, this year the National Press Award received the participation of 17/21 Inter-Associations, 29 affiliated Associations, and 59/63 Provincial and Municipal Journalists Associations. There were 1,962 works submitted for the award, of which 156 works had the participation of authors who were not members of the Vietnam Journalists Association. The Secretariat of the Award summarized 57 works and included 1,905 works that were eligible to participate in the Preliminary Round according to regulations.

This year, the National Press Awards have added 2 new award groups, bringing the total to 13 award groups. Of which, print journalism has 3 award groups: News, reflections, interviews with 274 entries; Editorials, comments, and treatises with 78 entries; Reportage, investigative reports, journalistic reports, and notes with 178 entries.

The preliminary round of the 19th National Press Awards will take place from April 22 to May 9.

Press photography has 107 entries in the categories of single photos, photo groups, and photo reports. Radio has 2 award groups: News, reflections, interviews, commentary, and monographs have 56 entries; Radio programs, talk shows, reports, documentary reports, and investigative reports have 176 entries.

Television has 3 award groups: News and reports with 302 works; Commentary, monograph, exchange, and discussion with 48 works; Documentary and television reportage with 108 works.

E-newspapers have 2 award groups: News, reflections, interviews, comments, discussions, online exchanges with 291 works; Reportage, investigative reportage, journalistic notes, notes with 158 works.

Multimedia journalism has 1 group of awards for Infographics, Video clips, Podcasts, Live-streams… with 102 entries. Creative journalism has a group of awards for Creative journalism works, products, and programs with 27 entries.

In particular, the categories: radio, television, electronic newspapers, multimedia newspapers and creative newspapers will be judged online through the judging software of the Vietnam Journalists Association. According to the plan, the preliminary judging round will start from April 22 to May 9.

Permanent Vice President of Vietnam Journalists Association Nguyen Duc Loi delivered the opening speech of the Preliminary round.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the Preliminary Council of the 19th National Press Awards, emphasized that this year's National Press Awards is the 19th season accompanying the life of journalism, becoming a useful professional activity, spreading widely in all levels of the association, in the press community and increasingly affirming its reputation as the most prestigious professional award for journalists nationwide.

According to the Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, there are currently many press awards, in addition to the large professional playground, the National Press Award. However, through the seasons, this is still considered a prestigious playground, receiving great attention. This shows the strong attraction of the Award and the interest and positive response of the Journalists Association at all levels, especially at a time when press agencies are focusing on organizing and rearranging according to the revolution of streamlining the apparatus of the Party and State.

Affirming that the Preliminary round is important in selecting worthy works for the Final round, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association Nguyen Duc Loi suggested that the Preliminary Council focus on the works, not on the authors or the authors' units, to be most objective and select the highest quality works.

"This year, the Preliminary Judging Round has many new things when there are leaders of units, press agencies, reporters, editors, both male and female; there are familiar members and new members. These are all the best representatives to participate in judging the National Press Awards. I believe that the Preliminary Judging Council, with a sense of responsibility, impartiality, and transparency, will work actively, select excellent press works, ensure progress and quality, and contribute to continuing to affirm and spread the meaning and value of the National Press Awards" - Journalist Nguyen Duc Loi emphasized.

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