The Santiago delegation to the X Congress has already prepared the bags – Cubajournalists

Composed of 14 reporters, the representation of hot earth at X UPEC Congress is ready to participate in the most important meeting of the guild in Cuba. The province will be attended by 7 radio professionals, 3 television, a professor from the University of Oriente (OU), a retired student, a visiting student and the president of the organization in the province.

For Yánder Castillo, proposed Radio Baraguá and researcher of the Cuban and Caribbean Social Studies Center of the UO, the expectations regarding the Congress are very high, "because it must respond to the transformations that are included in the Guidelines of Economic and Social Policy and constitute the continuity of our revolutionary process. "

" I was graduated 3 years ago and it is very important to be able to attend the meeting, mainly because I will represent one of the Cuban provinces with the largest number of affiliates on the relationship between the media and the public in the country. "

" This year, I started to integrate the provincial executive, especially the sphere of overcoming, a key area for the development of Cuban journalism.As a young, I think the appointment can open a path of reflection on the work we do, even for better articulate the Young Journalists Club as an initiative to promote new ideas. "

According to Lourdes Palau, president of the UPEC in Santiago," we will take the experience of transformation in editorial management at Radio Grito de Baire and its director will be able to share. In addition, our delegation had meetings with the Party authorities and the provincial government, and made visits to sites of economic and social interest. "

" In Congress, we can discuss the workings of the organization, ethics and the media and the new management models. This is an important opportunity for us to socialize the experiences of the localities and the potential that the media have in the municipalities. "

For Maricelis Salmerón, who finished the second year of the race, to participate in two important events for journalists in a year, he was a pride." They first chose me To attend the Third Meeting of Young Journalists, then they told me that I would also go to Congress. I think that both spaces allow for an in-depth dialogue on the successes and failures of our work, and propose solutions among all. "

" As a student, I'm interested in training journalists in Cuban universities, in the new curriculum we will start implementing the next course, in the bibliography available for specialty subjects and student events taking place in several provinces. "

Delegate for the third time

Betty Beatón Ruiz attends the UPEC Congress for the third time The correspondent of the Trabajadores newspaper and journalist of the CMKC radio station, explains that "each of these appointments had its context and its peculiarities, and served to propose goals and try to achieve them to a large extent."

in terms of consolidation of the intelligent use of news technologies, in the most dynamic interaction with the population as part of this communicative product and the strengthening of citizen journalism. "

For Betty, in the province, positive experiences have been consolidated for example, the program Concierto Informativo, CMKC, the web pages of some media organizations. "Our delegation will be able to show that it is a province of reference in its transformations promoted by the Party and the Government and recognized at the national level.In this transformation, we actively participated, the communication served to accompany the people and the # 39; State in the realization of projects for the benefit of the community. "

– What are the expectations of the delegates of Santiago for this X Congress?

– "The guild in general has many expectations, we have advanced in the relationship with the sources, which at one point were contradictory, and we have to continue to improve." Approval of a new communication policy that has been presented publicly and which involves other sectors. "

" We must also discuss the infrastructure to be produced in the media, which goes through a very broad, which includes pay, which is discussed at the social level, transportation, technology, the provision of resources such as tablets, cell phones, landlines, because although progress has been made it is necessary to continue to improve. "

space to fraternize and gain other experiences. I think we are going to make our motto that is previous congresses: better journalism, more revolution. This idea is fundamental to the work we do. "