Central Youth Union awards journalism prizes for writing about youth union work and youth movements

(Baonghean.vn) - The Central Youth Union's Jury has decided to select 39 outstanding press works to award the 2017 press award on Youth Union work and youth and children's movements.

Party and State leaders attended the award ceremony. Photo: Nga My

The press award for writing about the work of the Youth Union and the youth and children's movement started from April 24 to May 31, 2017, attracting 417 entries from central and local press agencies nationwide, with many genres such as: photo reportage, print newspaper, electronic newspaper, and television newspaper.

From 70 works entering the final round, the Organizing Committee selected 39 outstanding works to award prizes, including 2 First prizes, 5 Second prizes, 8 Third prizes, and 24 Consolation prizes.

The works are assessed to be of good quality, including many excellent articles, successfully exploiting the topic of youth life, bringing up good practices, new factors competing in all fields; reflecting the spirit of youth shock, volunteering, pioneering, contributing intelligence and strength to society.

Comrade Ha Dang - Former Head of the Central Ideology and Culture Committee shared: "Self-training and self-study are cultural qualities of young journalists. Consider your predecessors as "big trees" to follow, and at the same time be confident in expressing your writing." Photo: Nga My

The works have wide influence, are highly oriented, and demonstrate the spirit of youth who are proactive, volunteer, pioneers, and contribute their intelligence and strength to society. At the same time, there are proposals to contribute to innovation in the content and methods of activities in the Youth Union and youth and children's movements.

At the ceremony, journalists shared stories about their profession in general, and writing about youth in particular.

Journalist Nguyen Phuc (Thanh Nien Newspaper) confided that when writing the article "Young people cling to the sea after the environmental incident", no one else but the youth were "the ones who lit the fire, bringing fishermen back to the sea". "The youth force has awakened in me the desire to live. "As long as there is skin, hair will grow, as long as there are buds, trees will sprout" - journalist Nguyen Phuc affirmed.

Honoring 39 outstanding works. Photo: Nga My

This year, Nghe An participated in the contest with 15 works, in which the work "A good Youth Union Secretary and the Mistaken Past" by reporter My Nga (Nghe An Newspaper) won the Encouragement Prize.

This is a practical activity in response to the 11th National Youth Union Congress and to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day. At the same time, it encourages and motivates journalists to write many good articles, vividly reflecting the lives of young people, deeply grasping the thoughts, feelings and aspirations; encouraging the will and aspiration to establish a career./.

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