Category: Press Realease

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Edsa Journalist Team (EIT) of English Education Study Program Ahmad Dahlan University held the release of Infinitum 8th magazine with the theme “Living with the Virus” which was carried out online through the ZOOM in the Language Laboratorium of Campus 4 UAD. This activity was attended by approximately 25 students.

This event started at 09.00 by presenting a magazine reviewer, namely Heru Prasetya as the editor-in-chief of MediaMu. It was opened by the Head of the PBI Study Program, Dr. Ani Susanti, M. Pd. Bi, and guided by Ababil Isnaindra as the moderator, and Tika Anggraini as the host.

In this event, Heru Prasetya dissects one by one the contents of the magazines that have been made by the EJT team. There are various contents in the magazine, including; first is a main report consisting of 4 articles entitled Planting TOGA as a Fun Learning Media in the Midst of a Pandemic, Omicron Sundries, The Fate of The Malioboro Economy Now (Is The Pandemic over?), No D+ But Still making Money in college. The second is a survey related to the development of Omicron, third is the content of opinions from high-ranking organizations at FKIP (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan/Faculty of Teacher Training and Education) and PBI (Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris/English Education Study Program). In addition, Nusantara Insight contains information related to the current state of Malioboro and the klitih phenomenon in Yogyakarta. And there are 2 updated news from FKIP, namely related to electric cars made from the PVTO (Pendidikan Vokasional Teknologi Otomatis/Automated Technology Vocational Education) Study Program. And don’t forget at the end of the magazine content to provide some entertainment and tips.

The series of events for today is starting trom the opening, recitation of the Qur’an, singing songs, speeches, magazine review sessions, and entertainment from the ET team as a sign of the end of the event.

In this case, the committee was successful in holding the event until it was finished; even though there were several Obstacles experienced from before the magazine’s release until the event took place. But apart from that, all the teams involved have carried out their duties to the best of their ability.

On Sunday, November 28, 2021, the Edsa Journalist Team (EJT) of PBI UAD held a training related to news writing with the theme “Synergy to Build Young Journalists” which was carried out in a blended manner, namely online in the integrated Lab of UAD campus 4 and virtual using Zoom Meeting and live YouTube. This activity was attended by approximately 60 students.

This event started at 08.00 by cooperating with the editor-in-chief of MediaMu as the presenter, namely Heru Prasetya. It was opened by the Head of the PBI Study Program, Dr. Ani Susanti, M.Pd. Bi, and hosted by Yuhyin Nufus, as well as by host Pamastu Narpaduita.

Heru Prasetya explained a lot of information related to news writing One of the principles in writing news is simple, active and complex sentences by avoiding unnecessary words. He also emphasized that the news must be facts on the ground. In the sense that journalists should not lie in writing the existing news.

In this event, the participants were very enthusiastic, as evidenced by the many participants who asked questions during the question and answer session. At the end of the event, Heru Prasetya gave tips on news writing, “if you join the training or attend as a news seeker, take notes and mark the important things, so that when writing news you can immediately find the point you want to convey in the news,” he said.

English Department Student Association (EDSA), FKIP, Ahmad Dahlan University, Yogyakarta held an online training with the theme “Techno-Training Processing Websites” on Sunday (17/10/2021) through a zoom meeting. This event was held for members of EDSA, LSO, and PALP and was attended by around 50 participants. This online training was opened with remarks from the Deputy Chairperson of HMPS PBI (EDSA), Hasika Laila. Moderated by Aulia Hidayati, and guided by Naela Fariha as the host.

There are two sessions in the training. The first session was filled with sharing section by Mr. Farid Suryanto, S.Pd., MT as a trainer, regarding his early entry into the IT world.

According to him, the IT world is not only specifically for engineering students, but it can be entered by anyone as long as they have a high desire to study related fields, “I was a mathematics student, then because I was interested in the IT world I finally decided to enter that world,” he completes.

In the next session, Mr. Farid started giving directions starting from creating a website domain, creating a sitemap, making a design, determining CMS technology, implementing design, managing, and analyzing traffic which all participants participated in. According to Farid, the training to processing a website needs to be followed and applied directly by the participants, so that it will be more effective and stick to the memory.

Overall, the participants were very enthusiastic in participating in the training. The enthusiasm of the participants can be seen from the number of participants who attended until the end of the event and the many questions that arose.