Continue to promote solidarity and enhance the fighting spirit of Nghe An Newspaper

On the afternoon of July 7, Nghe An Newspaper held a conference to review Party building and professional work in the first 6 months of the year and deploy tasks for the last 6 months of 2022.

Attending the conference were comrades: Chu Ba Long - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Provincial Agencies; Le Thi Kim Oanh - Head of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Provincial Agencies.

Comrades: Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief; Tran Van Hung - Deputy Party Secretary, Deputy Editor-in-Chief; Tran Huu Nghia - Deputy Editor-in-Chief chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Innovation in content and form

In the first 6 months of the year, under the leadership and direction of the Party Committee, Editorial Board, the efforts, solidarity and consensus of all cadres, party members, reporters and employees, Nghe An Newspaper has achieved and exceeded many contents, programs, plans, targets and objectives set out.

Propaganda work was carried out by the Party Committee, Editorial Board, and Editorial Council in a methodical, proactive, and highly planned manner.

Comrade Tran Van Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper reported on the results of activities in the first 6 months of 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Party Committee has issued an administrative reform plan towards promoting the application of digital technology in the journalism process; enhancing digital transformation in professional activities, taking content as the core, technology as the center, carrying out the province's political tasks, and serving the people as the priority.

Thanks to that, propaganda tasks are carried out promptly and continuously, providing information, orienting public opinion, and enhancing the combativeness on the Party's ideological and cultural front.

As a result, in the first 6 months of the year, Nghe An Newspaper published 200 printed issues, including 3 special issues. The printed newspaper organized many events, many topics, and in-depth topics, creating good effects, being recognized and highly appreciated by readers, actively contributing to providing information to help the province and localities overcome difficulties in management and operation; the circulation reached nearly 13,000 copies/issue.

Comrade Nguyen Dinh Sam - General Secretary of Nghe An Newspaper's editorial board spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrade Dau Van Thanh - Chief of Office of Nghe An Newspaper spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrade Dao Xuan Tuan - Deputy Head of the News - Politics Department, Head of the Television Department spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Nghe An e-newspaper published 6,479 news and articles; on average, 35.79 news and articles were published each day. The total number of visits to the e-newspaper reached 23.1 million views. In particular, Nghe An e-newspaper has upgraded to a new CMS with many superior features, thereby improving the quality of publications, diversifying the forms of transmission, meeting the increasing demands of readers.

Nghe An Electronic Newspaper continues to apply modern display formats on the new version such as automatic talking newspaper, reading printed newspaper, Podcast, Emagazine... Nghe An Electronic Newspaper also builds new sections such as Activities of the Provincial Standing Committee, Nghe An Newspaper Television, Multimedia, Digital Transformation... to meet the increasing needs of readers. Nghe An Newspaper's YouTube channel is increasingly developing and growing rapidly.

Reporter Thanh Chung - Social and Cultural Department speaks at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Reporter Van Hai - Economic Department spoke and discussed at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the first 6 months of the year, Nghe An Newspaper won 24 Central and local press awards; including 1 C prize - National Press Award on Party building - 6th Golden Hammer and Sickle.

Along with improving the quality of publications, propaganda and advertising work is effectively coordinated. Publishing and social activities continue to be promoted with many new solutions. Social activities are increasingly spreading, connecting many benefactors to difficult circumstances. In particular, Nghe An Newspaper has coordinated with other units to successfully organize the 24th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament in 2022.

The work of receiving citizens, resolving complaints and denunciations and providing legal advice has been carried out scientifically and in accordance with legal regulations. The Trade Union, Youth Union and Journalists Association have closely followed their functions and tasks, made great efforts to choose appropriate activities in the specific context, and maintained the movement.

The working regime of Party committees and Party cells, inspection, supervision and Party discipline enforcement work were strictly implemented. In the first 6 months of the year, the Party Committee admitted 1 new Party member; sent 5 outstanding people to participate in the Party sympathy class organized by the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc.

Enhance combat

Speaking at the conference, comrade Chu Ba Long - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Agencies highly appreciated the results achieved by Nghe An Newspaper in the first 6 months of 2022.

Comrade Chu Ba Long - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Agencies spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In particular, the solidarity of the staff is high, continuing to promote and always innovating, expanding internal and external relations; the staff and reporters are always enthusiastic in their work. The work of building the Party and the mass organizations is taken care of, implemented methodically and orderly. At the same time, the unit always takes care of the lives of the staff, reporters, employees and social security activities, etc.

Awarding the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the News - Politics Department for excellently completing its tasks and leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2021. Photo: Thanh Cuong

He noted that in the last 6 months of 2022, Nghe An Newspaper needs to thoroughly implement the opinion of the Provincial Party Secretary at the launching ceremony of the new interface of Nghe An electronic newspaper; review the tasks of the Party Committee and professional tasks, and focus on directing the implementation to achieve high efficiency.

At the same time, Nghe Newspaper needs to continue applying information technology in management, operation, improving the quality of specialized pages and columns; promoting propaganda on administrative reform, conveying the province's determination, raising awareness for cadres, civil servants and public employees in performing public duties. In addition, paying attention to propagating good people and good deeds, creating a spread in the community.

Awarding the title of Provincial Emulation Fighter to 2 individuals: Comrade Ngo Duc Chuyen - Head of Current Affairs - Politics Department and reporter Ngo Nhat Lan - Law - Readers Department. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Regarding Party building work, the Nghe An Newspaper Party Committee continues to improve its comprehensive leadership capacity; focus on thematic activities in Party cell activities; strengthen inspection and supervision work, etc.

Concluding the conference, comrade Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper acknowledged and commended the dedication, efforts, and sense of responsibility of the collective of cadres, party members, reporters, and employees of Nghe An Newspaper.

The Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper awarded prizes to authors who won journalism awards organized by central ministries and branches. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper awarded prizes to authors who won journalism awards organized by central ministries and branches. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Deploying tasks for the last 6 months of the year, in Party building work, Nghe An Newspaper accepts the direction of the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc; continues to promote the role of the leader, doing well the ideological work, awareness and responsibility of Party newspaper reporters.

Nghe An Newspaper Editorial Board commends reporters and reporter groups who won provincial journalism awards. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Regarding professional work, Nghe An Newspaper will carefully prepare and successfully defend the Project "Improving the overall quality of Nghe An Newspaper, associated with digital transformation", the project to build Nghe An Newspaper.

After the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee approved the project, Nghe An Newspaper will immediately start integrating print newspapers into the new process, opening an English column to introduce and promote the potential of Nghe An province, introducing the province's bright spots; Departments will review the job positions of reporters to have a training plan; and have policies to attract high-quality human resources.

The Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper commended the collectives that excellently completed their tasks in the first 6 months of 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Orienting propaganda work, in the last 6 months of 2022, Nghe An Newspaper will focus on propagating policies, resolutions, major events of the country, of Nghe An province related to the Resolution on digital transformation, administrative reform; investment attraction work; anti-corruption; ... At the same time, promote reflection of people's livelihood issues; continue to enhance the fighting spirit of Nghe An Newspaper, meeting the requirements assigned by the Party Committee, Government and People of the province.

The Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper rewards individuals who have excellently completed their tasks in the first 6 months of 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

“The brand of Nghe An Newspaper is built from the brand of each cadre, party member, reporter, and employee. To do that, it requires the efforts, love for the job, awareness, and responsibility to “burn oneself out” before the assigned tasks of each cadre, reporter, and employee of Nghe An Newspaper” - Comrade Ngo Duc Kien emphasized.

Comrade Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper delivered a concluding speech at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On this occasion, the News - Politics Department received the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee for excellently completing its tasks, leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2021; 2 individuals were awarded the title of Provincial Emulation Fighter.

The Party Committee and Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper also awarded authors whose works won press awards at the provincial, ministerial, sectoral and central levels; and collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in performing professional tasks in the first 6 months of the year.

Conference scene. Photo: Thanh Cuong