Chau Hien: What did I learn from the Newsavvy workshop?
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“I must say that I did learn a lot of useful knowledge. There are things that I have never heard before. Thanks to Mr Tri’s sharing and participants’ opinions, I realised that I have so much to learn more.
It was the first online workshop that I listened attentively from the beginning to the end. The speaker taught everyone how to identify fake news, how to convey information objectively, …
There are 2 lessons that I like the most after the 1st session
When reading news, we should bear in mind to read from an objective perspective
Most of us tend to read news with our personal feelings although we do not know if the news is authentic or not, which can cause negative consequences. Many journalists and reporters writing news with their personal feelings can somewhat change our opinion of the issue. The speaker pointed out some ways to how to read news with objective perspective:
- Use verbs instead of adjectives.
- If using adjectives, using neutral adjectives
- Avoid using degree or emotional adjectives
To be honest, I feel like I become an informed reader thanks to the tips
“Human rights” are always guaranteed
At first, when I read the case study in the workshop, I felt very conflicted because a criminal broke the law and they mustn’t have any rights. It turned out that I was wrong. A criminal still has his/her human rights. That person is allowed to hire lawyers, have the right to protect their lives, health,… We can’t express our anger and force them to die just because the person is a criminal.
Those are two lessons that I personally liked the most. Hopefully, they will help change people’s point of views when reading news, especially helping you to recognize what fake news is.“
