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ASEAN journalists share digital newsrooms management experience

The International Press Workshop “Digital Newsrooms Management: Theory, Practice, Experience in the ASEAN Region” was held by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association in Hanoi on December 7.
ASEAN journalists share digital newsrooms management experience ảnh 1At the International Press Workshop “Digital Newsrooms Management: Theory, Practice, Experience in the ASEAN Region” (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The International Press Workshop “Digital NewsroomsManagement: Theory, Practice, Experience in the ASEAN Region” was held by theVietnam Journalists’ Association in Hanoi on December 7.

The event drew the participation of delegates from the Confederation of ASEANJournalists who discussed and shared measures to promote digital transformationin Vietnam and the region.

In his opening remarks, Deputy Minister of Information and CommunicationsNguyen Thanh Lam affirmed that that news agencies and press organisations inASEAN are seeing both challenges and opportunities in guiding information andcommunications work, orienting the community and the public, and empoweringpeople amidst fake news and developments of many complicated cyberspace issues.

Without digital transformation, they will fail to carry out their missions, hestressed.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a decision approving the strategy for digital transformationin journalism by 2025 with a vision to 2030, Lam said, describing it as an importantbasis to strongly promote digital transformation in the sector.

ASEAN journalists share digital newsrooms management experience ảnh 2Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam (Photo: VNA)
OnApril 6, 2023, the Prime Minister issued a decision approving a strategy for digital transformation in journalism to 2025, with a vision to 2030. The Ministry of Information andCommunications has issued an Action Plan to implement the strategy, and launched a set of indicators to evaluate and measure thegrowth level of digital transformation in journalism, helping press agencies build proper roadmaps, plans and solutions for effective digitaltransformation.

Theworkshop included two sessions, with the first “General Theories on DigitalNewsrooms Management” chaired by General Director of the Vietnam News Agency VuViet Trang and head of the Professional Affairs Department of the Vietnam Journalists’Association Do Thi Thu Hang, and the second “Digital Newsrooms management:Reality, Experience and Solution” by Deputy Director General of theVoice of Vietnam Pham Manh Hung and head of the Vietnam Television’s EntertainmentProgramme Production Department Ta Bich Loan.

At the event, Vietnamese and international delegates agreed that digitaltransformation is a global trend that impacts all sectors of countries’ economy– politics – society.

They also discussed he digital journalism development trend in the world and theASEAN region in particular, management of digital newsrooms, digitaltransformation in Vietnam’s journalism, and application of advanced technologiessuch as AI, blockchain, XR and metaverse in building and managing digitalnewsrooms, among others.

An exhibition spotlighting Vietnamese journalism’s development, digitaltransformation and international cooperation was held within the framework ofthe workshop./.
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