The forum was attended by nearly 100 editors-in-chief of press agencies across the country. Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh; Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association Nguyen Duc Loi; Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Phan Xuan Thuy; Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam chaired the forum.
The 2024 Editor-in-Chief Forum has two discussion sessions. The first session has the theme “Solution journalism - Trends and potentials”; The second session has the theme “Implementing solution journalism: Which methods and models are effective?”.
At the discussion sessions, hot issues, current events, real stories of the world press, of Vietnam and of each press agency in the country will be discussed and shared... contributing to each press agency, press management agency to orient the implementation more effectively, more suitable to reality in the coming time.
According to the Organizing Committee, the discussion on solution journalism also aims to help press agencies nationwide perform their roles better. That is, in addition to activities of reflection, criticism, and struggle, the press also plays the role of giving advice and proposing solutions and implementation measures. This is also one of the directions for the press to demonstrate its role in providing and orienting official information in the context of readers being "overwhelmed" by a huge amount of unverified information on social networks.
Mr. Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association - said that a clear direction for the journalism industry is constructive journalism/solution journalism. Accordingly, while reporting news, press agencies also propose solutions or elaborate explanations so that readers feel empowered and have hope.
Solution journalism is currently a positive trend and is in line with the movement of the press in the current period. The press is increasingly demonstrating its role as a companion to the Party, the State, localities and the people in solving practical and urgent problems of society and the country. In the context of the digital age with many changes, solution journalism is a direction for traditional press to affirm its position and prestige as well as retain its audience.
Therefore, solution journalism can be understood as, in addition to activities of reflection, criticism, and struggle, the press also plays the role of giving advice, proposing solutions, and measures for implementation instead of just raising issues and then leaving them hanging. This means that the press plays a more active and responsible role towards the issues of the country and society, especially proposing solutions to solve the issues raised, contributing to building trust and consensus in society.
The solution journalism approach is to provide people with a more realistic, complete view of the problems facing people and society, helping to promote more effective citizenship. Solution stories can take many forms, but they share some key characteristics: identifying the root causes of a social problem; highlighting an answer or answers to that problem.
