The course is co-organised in Hanoi by the Stockholm-based FojoMedia Institute and the Press Department under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, said Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV)website.
During the event, the trainees have a chance tolearn from Swedish lecturer Peter Sommerstein who has worked in mediamanagement and consultation for 20 years.
A live forumwas created for local journalists to talk with their Swedish colleague,who shared his working experience and answered questions related tomedia reforms and commercial newspapers, especially those with an onlineplatform.
Participants expect to improve theirprofessional skills through practical applications and learn more aboutongoing media development trends in a developed country like Sweden .
In addition to learning theory, they will also joindiscussions and play in different roles in a newsroom to gain a betterunderstanding of the work done by editors, journalists, editorialsecretaries, and even the editor-in-chief.
Sommersteinhas taken part in many training courses for Vietnamese journalists andintroduced his local colleagues new media improvement tools that enablethem to produce better quality multi-media works.
He also recommended that Vietnamese journalists explore stories from different angles and with a more objective perspective.
Regarding the modern model of convergence newsrooms, Sommerstein saidVietnam has many advantages in developing this model because it candraw experience from other nations and avoid making the same mistakesduring its development process.
However, Vietnamese journalists still lack experience in this field, he added.-VNA
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