Multimedia Journalist

Multimedia is the new concept of journalism in the digital age. In the past, a journalist only familiar with single type of media. Right now, a journalist should be a multimedia journalist. It is a challenge and very interesting. Every day, there are a new thing that has to learn. All the element of the multimedia giving the opportunity to be more creative.

My newspaper started to make a website years ago. But the management just arrange training for multimedia journalist. Even a journalist is need another training to make them comfort using the tools. It is not easy to convince management, that the training is needed.

I like social media especially twitter. It is simple but full of information. We can choose what information that we want the detail. Since social media become very popular in Indonesia, I like to use it not just to hangout with people in the internet but giving the information. Twitter to spread the interesting article to the whole world.