Selecting 120 works for the final round of the 8th Golden Hammer and Sickle Award

By the time of the closing date for the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award, the Standing Agency of the Award (Party Building Magazine) had received a total of 2,216 entries, an increase of 184 entries compared to 2022 (8.6%). Of these, there were 755 print works, 549 online works, 530 television works, 280 radio works and 102 photojournalistic works.

Comrade Phan Thang An, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Tournament chaired the meeting.

The Organizing Committee of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award has established a Preliminary Council consisting of the Chairman of the Council, 4 Vice Chairmen of the Council and 56 members who are dedicated, responsible and experienced journalists in judging journalism awards. With a sense of urgency and high responsibility, from November 17, 2023 to December 6, 2023, all 6/6 subcommittees of the Preliminary Council completed the judging of the preliminary round works.

After discussion, the Preliminary Council unanimously introduced 120 works for the final round. Specifically, the Print Newspaper Subcommittee 1 (editorials, commentaries, specials, etc.) selected 15 works, the Print Newspaper Subcommittee 2 (reports, investigations, reflections, etc.) selected 31 works, the Electronic Newspaper Subcommittee selected 27 works, the Visual Newspaper Subcommittee selected 26 works, the Radio Subcommittee selected 13 works, and the Photo Subcommittee selected 8 works.

Concluding the meeting, comrade Phan Thang An assessed that the preliminary subcommittees had worked urgently and responsibly, selecting outstanding works to introduce to the final round.

He noted that the Organizing Committee of the Award needs to do a better job of communicating and widely promoting the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award, and have better forms of propaganda and orientation next year so that press and media agencies can closely follow the theme and select typical works from the grassroots to submit to the Award...

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