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Waskita Karya introduces the art of journalism to Surabaya students
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T Waskita Karya (Persero), an Indonesian state-owned construction company, enlisted the help of The Jakarta Post to lessen its concern for the world of education and writing. On Tuesday (22/11/2022), students of SMAN 5 Surabaya in East Java were offered a free journalism class.
The class, entitled “CSR Education Program for Student: Introduction to Journalism Class,” was taught by Novan Iman Santosa, a news editor at the Jakarta Post. It was attended by 25 pupils from extracurricular Jour-V and those who are currently enrolled in the 10th grade.
Novan has had experience in teaching, previously serving as Head of Training in 2019 for the Jakarta Post, giving him responsibilities over planning and executing training programs for new and mid-level reporters.
Among other things, students were asked to analyze news and its online presence, learned about its value and structure, try their hand at photography. They were also required to finish an exercise utilizing from the skills they acquired from the class.
The class was opened by Poppy Sukmawati, Head of Social & Environment Responsibility (SER) Unit of Waskita Karya, and kicked off by a speech from Mokhamad Imron, S.Pd, Deputy Principal for Student Affairs.
