The Strategy of Journalism Education Institutions in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic Era
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210430.024How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19, journalist’s competence, press institute, virtual class
- Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact not only on public health, but also on the economic, social, and humanitarian sectors. Institutions related to the press, such as press companies and press institute were no exception affected. One such institution is the Dr. Press Institute Soetomo (LPDS) Jakarta, a press education institution under the Press Council. After the Covid-19 pandemic, LPDS can no longer hold activities, such as Journalist Competency Tests and live journalism training. In fact, in any situation, improving journalists’ competence must be done. This study examines the LPDS strategy to improve journalists’ competence to create professional journalists in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers use modern organizational theory. Data collection techniques were carried out by observation, in-depth interviews, and literature study. Case study method. The data were analysed using qualitative data analysis. By using modern organizational theory, the researcher found several strategies used by the LPDS to continue to carry out its functions. These strategies include holding virtual classes with topics that are relevant to the situation faced by journalists. The class is held every week for two hours with prominent speakers who are experts in their fields. This virtual class is open to journalists from all provinces in Indonesia.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Sri Mustika AU - Wininda Qusnul Khotimah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/05/03 TI - The Strategy of Journalism Education Institutions in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic Era BT - Proceedings of the 1st Annual International Conference on Natural and Social Science Education (ICNSSE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 156 EP - 160 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210430.024 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210430.024 ID - Mustika2021 ER -