Comply with professional rules and journalistic objectivity

The press reflects diverse information

In December 2020, the agenciespressThe Central Resident and local authorities have promptly and fully informed about domestic and foreign activities; general leadership, direction and management activities of the province, sectors and localities.

The content reported in the press is diverse in the fields of socio-economics, national defense - security, and Party building and the political system.

Some articles affirm that, despite facing difficulties and challenges, with the efforts, solidarity and unity of the entire Party, people and army, the province...Nghe Anhas achieved many important results.

Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Ba Hao informed about the press activities in January 2021. Photo: Mai Hoa

Leaders of several departments, agencies and press agencies attended the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

Nghe An ranks 19th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide in terms of GRDP growth rate, estimated at 4.45%; results of site clearance progress for the North-South expressway project; construction resultsnew rural, implementing Nghe An's OCOP program; developing agricultural tourism to become Nghe An's key tourism product... achieving and exceeding the set plan.

Besides, the press agencies also actively reflected and mentioned some shortcomings and violations in some fields, sectors, localities, agencies, units as well as some people's issues so that the Party committees and authorities at all levels could intervene and handle them.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper Tran Huu Nghia raised some issues related to planning press agencies. Photo: Mai Hoa

However, some electronic newspapers advertise improperly, do not divide advertising sections, causing confusion between advertisements and news and article content.

There is still a situation where some newspapers have headlines that do not accurately reflect the nature of the problem, causing confusion among readers.

At the conference, leaders and reporters from a number of press agencies raised a number of issues related to the coordination between levels, sectors, localities and journalists in providing information to the press; the handling of press information raised by some agencies and localities was not serious and timely.

Director of the Department of Finance Nguyen Xuan Hai informed about some issues of interest to the press. Photo: Mai Hoa

Continue to improve the relationship between agencies and the press

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, pointed out that there are still some individuals impersonating or pretending to be journalists or some collaborators of some press agencies who have not properly implemented the code of professional ethics, reflecting a lack of objectivity between the information provided and exchanged by the authorities and the information in the press, leading to some agency leaders being afraid to contact journalists.

Besides, there are some agencies that are afraid to contact the press due to mistakes.

From that reality, in the coming time, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications and the Provincial Journalists Association will study to propose solutions to continue to improve the relationship between all levels, sectors with press agencies and journalists during the working process.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department spoke at the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department also oriented some key contents that newspapers need to focus on promoting in February 2021. Specifically, focusing on promoting the province's activities towards the 13th National Congress of the Party; associated with fighting and refuting the distorted and destructive arguments of hostile forces, contributing to protecting the Party's ideological foundation; propagating to bring the resolutions of congresses at all levels and the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress into life.

Some other key contents are to propagate the preparation for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term; celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Party's founding, and celebrate the New Year of the Ox 2021. Pay attention to propagating the program "Tet for the poor" in 2021 in conjunction with social security activities of all levels, sectors, agencies and units.

The Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department also hopes that press agencies and journalists will continue to pay attention to promoting the work of ensuring traffic safety, food safety and hygiene, counterfeit goods, fake goods, poor quality goods and trading and using firecrackers during Tet; preventing the Covid-19 epidemic, in which promoting the high sense of responsibility of the people in the work of prevention as well as detecting and denouncing cases of illegal entry...