Taman Langit Discussion becomes forum for exchanging journalistic experiences

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The ANTARA News Agency held the Taman Langit Discussion (DTL) to provide a forum for exchanging information and experiences on journalism and photography.

Part of the implementation of ANTARA’s corporate social and environmental responsibility programme, this event offers opportunities for students and the general public to learn journalism and photography.

“This Taman Langit Discussion is actually one of the ways ANTARA gets closer to the community, especially the younger generation of university students,” said ANTARA Managing Editor Andika Wahyu at the Antara Heritage Center complex in Central Jakarta on Friday.

Friday’s Taman Langit Discussion included a review of the work of three participants who interned at the ANTARA Foto desk during the March-August 2026 period.

They are Rakha Raditya Yahya from Airlangga University, Ahmad Naufal Oktavian from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, and Salma Talita from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta.

ANTARA Foto Editor-in-Chief Puspa Perwitasari expressed hope that the Taman Langit Discussion could help improve the participants’ skills and open up more opportunities for them.

“Hopefully this will also open up opportunities for them and, going forward, hopefully the results of these interns’ work can be used to become more professional,” she said.

The ANTARA Foto desk is reopening its internship programme for university students in September 2026.

“We would like it to be more than three, perhaps, but not too many,” said Puspa regarding the programme’s participant quota.

According to her, the number of participants in each internship session is deliberately kept small so that each participant can receive more intensive guidance from the mentors.

“We don’t want to do things carelessly. So, when they have finished, the skills they have gained can also be useful in the professional world later,” she said.