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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Van - Director of the Journalism Professional Training Center under the Vietnam Journalists Association, delivers the opening speech for the course |
The three-day training course was directly taught by Dr. Luong Dong Son from the Institute of Journalism and Communication under the Academy of Journalism and Communication. The program focused on providing methodologies and skills for applying large language models (LLMs) to modern journalism publishing workflows, helping participants move from using AI as a standalone support tool to integrating AI throughout the entire reporting process and establishing personal AI assistants for content production.
According to the organizers, the specialized course was designed with a practical orientation closely aligned with the digital transformation needs of today’s media agencies. The training content consisted of two main areas: automating the collection and processing of primary information, and applying AI in fact-checking and multimedia content production.
In the first part of the course, participants learned techniques for extracting audio data, converting interviews into text, applying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) methods to exploit specialized documents, and using AI to analyze contexts and propose independent journalistic angles.
In addition, the program guided participants in structuring articles according to modern journalism models such as the inverted pyramid, longform, and eMagazine formats; simulating and shaping writing styles; and identifying and editing machine-like language to ensure the naturalness and identity of journalistic works.
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| Dr. Luong Dong Son from the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the Academy of Journalism and Communication directly teaching the course |
On the fact-checking and multimedia production topic, participants practiced applying AI to fact-checking workflows, detecting fake news and deepfakes, reviewing logic and content critique, processing quantitative data, and visualizing data for data journalism.
Furthermore, the training course also focused on multimedia transformation of content through automated image suggestions, audio/video format conversion, and the development of specialized AI assistants aimed at optimizing journalists’ workflows in the digital media environment.
Through the training course, the organizers expect participants to enhance their ability to apply new technologies in journalism activities while still ensuring professional ethics, accuracy, and information reliability in the era of artificial intelligence.