The seminar on digital transformation of journalism was attended by Mr. Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association and Mr. Truong Gia Binh - Chairman of FPT Group along with many delegates representing management agencies and leaders of press agencies.
The program took place with two main parts: presentations by FPT Corporation, Thanh Nien Newspaper, Ho Chi Minh City Television, Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper and a discussion with the topic "Digital transformation of journalism - A breakthrough push for the future".
Mr. Le Quoc Minh and Mr. Truong Gia Binh moderated the discussion.
At the seminar, delegates listened to the content shared about the achievements in the digital transformation process at a number of press agencies. In addition, there were challenges for units in the digital age and comments on the impact of technology in the field of journalism and opportunities, technology solutions in the future. Along with that, the exchanges and discussions were brought up by delegates frankly, openly, contributing profound and multi-dimensional content values.
Mr. Truong Gia Binh also shared about the strong development of AI technology, its application in various activities of social life in general and in the field of media and journalism in particular.
Through his experiences meeting and working with major press agencies around the world, along with his personal assessments, the Chairman of FPT Corporation made predictions about the changes in digital newsrooms in the future with impressive numbers. The applications of AI technology in writing articles, creating images, composing music, etc. presented in the discussion were also an attractive content for the delegates attending.
Mr. Truong Gia Binh - Chairman of FPT Corporation spoke at the seminar.
With the theme “Bringing the entire process and professional activities of journalism to the digital environment”, Mr. Nguyen Khac Van – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper gave an overview of the unit’s digital transformation process. Accordingly, the Editorial Board of Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper clearly recognizes that digital transformation is an inevitable requirement to be carried out in all activities of the agency.
However, there are still many barriers in the digital transformation process at Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper. For example, the newspaper has not yet established regulations for implementing the steps in the general journalism process of publications and online newspapers for professional departments and resident reporters to strictly implement.
In addition, Saigon Giai Phong newspaper does not have an application software system to support the overall editing and publishing activities of the paper newspaper integrated with the electronic newspaper. The application programs are not software specifically designed for journalism activities, so they lack functions to meet the specialized needs of the work.
"Although the technical facilities and technology serving the newspaper's operations and publishing processes have been improved and upgraded, they are still fragmented and do not fully meet the requirements for improving the quality of multimedia journalism activities. Meanwhile, the newspaper agency is facing financial difficulties and cannot equip itself...", said the leader of Saigon Giai Phong newspaper.
Sharing about the responsibilities of press agency leaders in the digital transformation process, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Toan - Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper also gave the message that digital transformation of press and media will increasingly intersect in an expanded concept of digital content. Together identifying issues in press and media technology will help both sides explore mutually beneficial business opportunities, create new values "Make in Vietnam", and thereby promote the development of the country.
Delegates attending the seminar on digital transformation of journalism.
Mr. Toan also admitted that there are still many things he wants to do, one of which is the application of technology to electronic newspapers. Thanh Nien Newspaper does not have a self-built technology platform from AZ but has to rely almost entirely on domestic and foreign partners.
However, when working with partners who have technical support teams abroad, the processing progress is often slow due to time differences and limitations in the number of specialized personnel. The costs to be paid to partners are also very high, leading to the investment approval procedure being quite time-consuming for the stages of project preparation, bidding organization, etc.
Sharing the difficulties with the press agencies, Mr. Truong Gia Binh also said that FPT is ready to accompany the press agencies in solving challenges and barriers in applying technology in newsroom operations. The Chairman of FPT Corporation suggested that the leaders of the press agencies and FPT could sit down together right after the seminar to discuss cooperation plans and support the digital transformation of the press from FPT's modern technology resources.
At the end of the presentation, the program continued with a discussion on the topic "Digital transformation of journalism - A breakthrough push for the future" chaired by Mr. Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association and Mr. Truong Gia Binh - Chairman of FPT Corporation.
Issues such as copyright, advertising in newspapers, technological solutions such as shared platforms, evaluation tools, etc. are also raised with concerns and difficulties being faced. From there, we propose wishes and solutions to quickly overcome existing limitations and promote the process of rapid and synchronous digital transformation.
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