PWI Jakarta Holds 52nd UKW Batch, Followed By 17 Participants

Head of PWI Jakata Sayid Iskandarsyah gave instructions to the UKW participants. (Photo Ist)

JAKARTA - The Provincial Management of the Jakarta Indonesian Journalists Association will hold a Journalist Competency Test (UKW) this Friday and tomorrow (17-18 September 2021) at the PWI Jakarta Secretariat, 9th floor of Prasada Sasana Karya Building, Jalan Soeryopranoto number 9, Central Jakarta.

The 52nd UKW PWI Jaya was attended by 17 participants from the Young category, namely from Radio Sonora (5), Warta Ekonomi (3), Kabarpublik.id (1), Indo Maritim.id (1), Bogor Update (1) , Sinarnews.tv (1), Satunusantaranews (1), Matahari.tv (1), HMS.Times (1), Popmama.com (1), and Warta Kota (1).

For two days, press workers from various media actualized their journalistic skills.

UKW is a means to improve their provision in responding to and facing challenges in carrying out their profession. When professionalism is increasingly becoming a demand, efforts to improve self-ability must be carried out continuously.

The examiner poses before carrying out the task. (Ist Photo)

This was also conveyed by the Chairman of PWI Jaya Sayid Iskandarsyah in his introductory directive. Also the Director of the UKW PWI Center, Prof. Dr. Radjab Ritonga, in his opening remarks.

Sayid Iskandarsyah, was also an examiner, along with Abdul Rahman Loebis, Iqbal Irsyad, and Asro Kamal Rokan. Naek Pangaribuan and Irmanto, two of PWI Jaya's daily administrators, were resource persons.

Radjab Ritonga analogized UKW as a standard to better understand various rules and regulations as outlined by the Press Council.

Iqbal Irsyad (in batik), one of the UKW examiners is giving directions to the participants. (Ist Photo)

“UKW must be followed in stages. After the Young category, you have to wait three more years to take part in the Intermediate UKW category. Then two more years to advance to the Main category, and have the right to become editor-in-chief later. Competent from the Intermediate category, he can already be the managing editor of the media, "said Radjab Ritonga.

At the national level, out of a total of 544 UKWs that have been held, 13,850 journalists have been declared competent. "We hope that friends who graduate from UKW will be more professional in carrying out their journalistic duties as journalists in the future," said Sayid Iskandarsyah, Chair of PWI Jakarta.