28 candidates compete at the 2019 Nghe An Province Excellent Reporter Contest

Art performance to welcome the contest. Photo: Thu Giang

On the morning of October 31, in Vinh City, the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department organized the 2019 Provincial-level Excellent Reporter Competition. Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Van Tien Bang - Head of the Reporter Department, Propaganda Information Center, Central Propaganda Department; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Competition; representatives of leaders of provincial and local departments and branches.

Central, provincial and local delegates and units attended the opening ceremony. Photo: Thu Giang

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the contest, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Nguyen Thi Thu Huong affirmed that propaganda is an important tool to create a strong force for the revolution, in which oral propaganda is one of the most important and special methods in the Party's ideological work, closely associated with the history of ideological work throughout the revolutionary process of our Party.

Directive 17 of the 10th Party Central Committee's Secretariat on continuing to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of oral propaganda work in the new situation clearly states: Oral propaganda and the team of reporters and propagandists are an important link, directly connecting the Party and State with the people, the Central with the locality and the grassroots to both bring the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies to the people, and grasp and promptly and truthfully reflect the people's thoughts, feelings, needs, interests and aspirations towards the Party and State leaders, linking communication with dialogue, exchange and direct transmission of necessary internal information to serve ideological work for all subjects in all circumstances and conditions in a flexible manner.

“Realizing that importance, implementing the plan of the Central Propaganda Department, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department issued a plan, deployed, directed the organization of district-level competitions, selected candidates to participate in provincial-level competitions... District-level competitions are truly professional activities, profound and useful oral propaganda, attracting reporters of many ages and many units to participate,” said comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong.

The leader of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department also noted that candidates need to remember that a good reporter is someone who must accurately identify the target audience, content, methods and purposes of propaganda, must have practical experience, solid knowledge and good presentation and reporting skills, and handle situations quickly.

Representatives of the Central Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department awarded certificates to 28 contestants participating in the contest. Photo: Thu Giang

The contest takes place over 2 days (October 31 and November 1), contestants choose the content of the contest according to the following categories: communicating instructions and resolutions; current news; reporting on topics in various fields. The organizing committee encourages reporting topics related to the work tasks of the reporting agency or unit.

The reporters will go through 3 rounds: writing an oral propaganda outline, giving a presentation and answering questions from the judges. The contestants with the best results will be selected by the judges to be awarded and trained to participate in the regional and national excellent reporter competition.