Education on Disaster Mitigation Journalism For Television Journalists in West Java Septiawan Santana, Satya Indra Karsa, Dadi Ahmadi,Firmansyah, Doddy Iskandar
Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Bandung
Abstract
Several disaster events that have occurred in Indonesia in recent years have attracted the attention of the government, especially in making efforts to prevent and anticipate victims. Journalist documentation in covering disasters is one of the channels for educating the public about natural disasters, especially in audio-visual (television) reporting. Equipping journalists to carry out disaster advocacy needs to be directed. For this reason, the community service program ^Education of Disaster Mitigation Journalism for Television Journalists in West Java^ is directed at journalists, especially television journalists who are members of the West Java Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI). Training in the form of training on safety techniques in disaster coverage, basic rescue, and training on how to carry out coverage aimed at mitigating disasters. The method of this activity is carried out by means of training and counseling accompanied by interactive dialogue and sharing that encourage participants to be creative, innovative, participatory, and build cooperation and work. The results of this activity indicated that there were changes in participants, especially an increase in knowledge and ability to carry out coverage of various disaster mitigation reports.
