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.