Improving public opinion information capture skills for reporters of the Youth Union organization

Bridge point at Nghe An Provincial Youth Union. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Speaking at the opening of the training program, Comrade Pham Van Toan, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, affirmed that in recent times, the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee has paid great attention to and regularly trained and improved the professional qualifications, skills, as well as the sense of responsibility of Youth Union, Association and Young Pioneer cadres in grasping and orienting public opinion among young people to protect the Party's ideological foundation and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints.

At the same time, strengthen propaganda and develop regulations on disciplinary actions against Youth Union officials and members on social networks. Youth Union officials at all levels in the province have proactively and promptly prevented bad information; provided members and youth with official information on sensitive issues that are taking place and increased rebuttals to distorted, incorrect, and provocative arguments of hostile forces, especially on the internet.

Many excellent reporters and propagandists are members of the Youth Theory Club of the Provincial and Grassroots Youth Union. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Reality shows that, besides young people with ideals, healthy morals and lifestyles, there is still a large number of people with deviant thinking, wrong actions, easily lured by bad elements, violating the law, and getting involved in social evils.

Therefore, in the educational work of the Youth Union, the activities of the team of reporters and propagandists play an extremely important role in promptly grasping, reflecting and orienting the ideological situation of union members and youth with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws. At the same time, fighting and refuting the distorted and incorrect information of hostile forces aiming to carry out the plot of "peaceful evolution" on the media, especially social networks.

The training program was broadcast online to 35 locations across the province.

With that responsibility, the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee always sets high requirements for innovation in quality, content, form, and communication methods to truly equip basic knowledge and necessary skills for reporters at all levels.

During the 1-day training program, the program focused on 2 contents: Identifying plots and peaceful evolution activities of hostile forces, some experiences in fighting against false and distorted information; Party's mass mobilization methods and mass mobilization in the new situation.

Currently, the reporting team of the provincial delegation consists of 35 people, and the district delegation has 1,030 people.

The Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee organizes training conferences for the team of reporters and propagandists of the Youth Union twice a year to provide knowledge; at the same time, organizes monthly Reporter Conferences and when there are urgent issues.