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| Reporters from newspapers and radio stations reported on the Da Lat Flower Festival. Photo: Vo Trang |
• NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AN OPEN SPACE
The merger of provinces is not only a matter of organizational structure, but also opens up a larger administrative space, more diverse in geography, population, and culture. For journalists, this is an opportunity to expand the working area, to raise the level of thinking from the narrow scope of a province to an inter-regional and inter-provincial perspective. Reporters now do not only write for a familiar community, but also serve many groups of readers with different characteristics. That diversity, if viewed in a positive way, is fertile ground for developing in-depth articles, linking regions and ethnic groups, more clearly demonstrating the connecting role of the press in the overall development process of the country.
However, it cannot be denied that provincial mergers also pose significant challenges for journalists. Geographical distances are increasingly far, remote areas, border areas, and islands force reporters to change their working habits. Many reporters who were only used to reporting in the provincial capital now have to travel hundreds of kilometers to the highlands and island communes to get information. In border areas or remote islands, approaching people to get information, to "get close to the people - understand the people" cannot be done quickly and neatly, but it is a process of "absorbing", listening, adapting, and building trust.
Administrative consolidation requires a spirit of coordination and cohesion between many agencies and localities. Reporters must also learn how to coordinate, get acquainted with new teams, new leaders, new areas, and learn about the customs and culture of the new land when entering the province. Not only do they work, they also play the role of a link: between the previous and current governments, and between the people on both sides of the newly created border.
They are not simply “reporting news”, but are rewriting the connections of trust, acceptance, and harmony - things that are not included in the administrative merger document but are extremely essential for the sustainable development of the newly merged region.
• WORKING IN THE NEW MAP
The merger of provinces is a big event not only in terms of organization, but also a boost for awareness and thinking in journalism. When the apparatus is streamlined, the administrative space is expanded, the pressure on journalists is not small - but it is also an opportunity for journalism to mature, to stick closer to real life and new requirements. The road may be longer, but if the mindset is steadfast, there is no distance that cannot be overcome.
Provincial merger - a historical milestone, a major turning point, and also an opportunity for journalists to look back at themselves, to renew themselves amid the constant flow of change of the times. When the land changes, the pace of life changes, the pen must also understand more deeply, listen more carefully and write with all the heart. Because journalism is not only about conveying information, but also about keeping the breath of life, connecting people with people, land with land.
On the new path, journalists are not simply witnesses, but also contributors to writing the common story of the homeland. Maintaining a steady mindset, a passionate heart, and a strong belief - that is how journalists enter the new journey: with their profession, with their heart, and with an unfading love for the remote borderland, for the sky, for the sea - the homeland of Vietnam.
Source: https://baolamdong.vn/xa-hoi/202506/ky-niem-100-nam-ngay-bao-chi-cach-mang-viet-nam-2161925-2162025-doan-duong-moi-tam-the-moi-cua-nguoi-lam-bao-b411bad/
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