Cultural training for journalists

Cultural training for journalists

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian
Journalists Association (PWI Jaya) in cooperation with the
Jakarta Art Council will hold a training course for journalists
to enable them to widen their cultural knowledge.

An agreement has already been signed by PWI Jaya's chairman
Tarman Azzam and the council's representative Adhi Moershid,
Antara reported yesterday.

Based on the agreement, the council's lecturers will teach or
discuss a wide variety of art topics with journalists who usually
cover art and cultural events.

Yusuf Susilo Hartono, coordinator of journalists covering art
and cultural events, said the decision to hold such a course was
based on the fact that only a few journalists have a cultural
education background.

"So we need to give them theoretical backgrounds on art and
culture," Yusuf said.

Topics to be discussed will include art, women, law and
culture. The course will also feature some speakers, such as play
director N. Riantiarno and poet Goenawan Mohamad. (jun)