Art Summit awards for media coverage

Art Summit awards for media coverage

JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Culture is scheduled
on Friday to hand out awards to seven print and electronic media
companies for their coverage of last year's Art Summit, which was
held between September and October.

The award ceremony will be held at Building F of the Ministry
of Education and Culture's complex on Jl. Sudirman in South
Jakarta, the event committee said on Thursday.

The awards will be given in several categories, including best
article, photo and TV footage, as well as to the media company
which provided the most coverage of the event.

The decisions on the award winners were made by juries of
related experts.

The team deciding the awards for articles consisted of Sapardi
Djoko Damono of the University of Indonesia, Indonesian art
observer Jennifer Lindsay and stage actor/journalist N.
Riantiarno.

The team deciding the awards for photos consisted of Oscar
Matullah of the Antara news agency, Judhi Suryoatmojo of the
Antara Photo Gallery and Deniek G. Sukarya of the Cahya Photo
Gallery.

The team deciding the awards for TV footage consisted of
television observer/journalist Arswendo Atmowiloto, film director
Chaerul Umam and play director/artist Jajang C. Noer. (hhr)