The first ＂China News History Knowledge Database Construction and Visual Design Competition＂ was held in Xi ‘an Jiaotong University.

　　Cctv news On March 5th, the first "China News History Knowledge Database Construction and Visual Design Competition" was held in Xi ‘an Jiaotong University. A total of 160 entries were submitted by college students from all over the country. Ten entries from Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, Sichuan University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences University and Chongqing University stood out and entered the finals.

　　Sponsored by the Department of Communication, School of New Media, Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, this competition is the first competition in the field of journalism and communication history in China, and it is also the first teaching competition with the theme of "course thinking and politics" in China. By using new media technologies such as big data and AI, taking "reading history" exhibition as the landing plan and expected results, it effectively integrates teaching resources, promotes interactive visual teaching, and explores a new path for the intersection of literature and art, which is of great significance to promoting the history of Chinese journalism.

　　The contest was initiated in October 2021 by Professor Wu Feng, the head of the teaching team of "History of Chinese Journalism" in New Media College of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University. The contest received positive response from universities all over the country. The participating teams were located in northwest, north, central, east and south China, and a total of 160 entries were received. After two selection stages, the preliminary contest and the semi-final, a total of 10 works entered the final. Teachers from China Communication University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Northwest University, Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, etc. are the final judging experts.

　　The expert review scored from the dimensions of significance of topic selection, data quality, visual effect and on-site display, and finally the genealogy of modern overseas Chinese newspapers by Lian Yijie of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University and the genealogy and visual design of modern China journalists by Dai Jia of Sichuan University (1840— 1949) won the first prize, including Ma Yanyu of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, Understanding the History of Modern Chinese News in One Minute, Guo Jinyan of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, Modern Foreign Language Newspaper, and Li Muyun of China Academy of Social Sciences, The Road to Rejuvenation — Knowledge Pedigree and Visual Design of Regional Newspapers in Modern China (1840— 1949) won the second prize, and Li Huan’s team of Chongqing University won the third prize, such as A Summary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Foreign Communication Research in Yan ‘an Period.

　　Professor Han Bo, deputy secretary of the Party General Branch of the School of New Media of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, said that the contest responded to the call of the national "new liberal arts" construction, implemented the overall arrangement of the CPC Central Committee on the ideological and political construction of courses, and focused on cultivating students’ historical data collection, data collation, data interactive visualization, database construction and knowledge map construction ability through the competition.

　　After the competition, a round-table forum was held on "Knowledge Database Construction of Chinese News History". Scholars from Shaanxi Normal University, Communication University of China, East China Normal University, Anhui University, Nanchang University and Hunan University of Technology had a dialogue and discussion on the database construction of news history and historical materials. Everyone agrees that this competition is the first of its kind, and the design quality of the entries is high, which shows the innovative spirit and development potential of contemporary college students, not only greatly arouses the enthusiasm of students in curriculum learning, but also provides new ideas for the curriculum reform of journalism and communication, giving people a refreshing feeling.