Circular 19: Knowledge and Competency Requirements for Journalism at College Level

Circular 19: Requirements for Knowledge and Competence in Journalism at the College Level (Illustrative Image)

Circular 19/2019/TT-BLDTBXH stipulates that Journalism at the college level is a profession that trains students with professional expertise and practical skills, with the capability to develop and promptly keep pace with the advancements in the journalism field, meeting the requirements of level 5 in the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework. To practice journalism at the college level, the following detailed requirements must be met:

1. Minimum Knowledge Requirements:

- Present the position, role of journalism, the characteristics of journalistic product production, social effects, and the impact of journalistic products on the public;- Describe the organizational structure, functions, and duties of journalism agencies, media companies, and units with communication activities; describe the typical job relationships in the field of media journalism;- Analyze the basic professional processes of journalistic product production activities: topic planning, product design, product production, product distribution, audience interaction, and other professional activities;- List the major machinery and equipment of the journalism agencies, media companies, units with communication activities, and explain their functions;- Describe the process of planning, organizing, supervising, inspecting, and evaluating the performance results in the journalistic media department; identify basic tasks in personnel management, facility management, financial management, circulation management, etc., in media journalism activities;- Present principles of ensuring security and safety, explain the reason for complying with security and safety regulations in the production of journalistic products to identify risks and have preventive measures;- Present fundamental knowledge about politics, culture, society, law, national defense security, and physical education as stipulated.

2. Skills:

- Proficiently perform tasks in the production team in the assigned position per the process and standards of journalistic product production;- Schedule daily tasks and manage work time effectively;- Classify common issues or emerging situations in journalistic product production, address issues and situations effectively;- Develop operational plans such as production plans, personnel plans, job assignment plans, training and professional development plans, equipment acquisition plans, and organize conferences, seminars, or events;- Apply various templates, reports, announcements, internal documents, and common contracts of the media journalism sector into work;- Acquire new and updated knowledge in the field of social sciences and humanities, media journalism; practice new technologies applied in media journalism activities;- Apply information technology in certain specialized tasks within the profession;- Classify customers, partners and choose appropriate interaction methods to achieve work efficiency;- Properly and safely use equipment for the production and distribution of journalistic products, with a sense of responsibility in the use and care of company, agency, or unit assets;- Use basic information technology per regulations; exploit, process, apply information technology in the specialized tasks of the profession;- Use basic foreign language skills, achieving level 2/6 in the Vietnam Foreign Language Proficiency Framework; apply foreign language skills to certain specialized tasks in the profession.

3. Degree of Autonomy and Responsibility:

- Work independently or as part of a team in the production crew, with a cooperative spirit to perform assigned tasks well;- Exhibit a dynamic, scientific, creative working style; have the ability to handle situations, solve common issues in media activities;- Possess a sense of responsibility towards work and the produced product;- Comply with legal regulations in media journalism activities;- Communicate politely and friendly in Vietnamese and English with partners, customers, colleagues, and superiors; care for and serve partners and customers with a polite and friendly attitude;- Have the correct perception and comply with professional ethics conventions.

For details, see Circular 19/2019/TT-BLDTBXH effective from February 06, 2020.

Ty Na

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