PAREPARE, PIJARNEWS.COM – HPN, National Press Day celebration in Indonesia it’s happening today 9/2/2017. Yasser Latief, one of the press figures in Parepare express hope and also impression for all journalist in Indonesia. YL as a Former Head of Ujung Pandang Express and Parepos hope journalist keep maintain the independence.
“Congratulation to all journalist in Indonesia in this National Press Day, and I always hope that journalist manifest an independent media, able to keep idealism and stay to the rule also stand to the truth”, Yasser Latief said.
The founder of PIJAR (Journalist Association Ajatappareng) explains, the independent media will present good news, objective and balanced information.
An alignment is one of the serious problems in journalism. Some of media loss of the independence and also lose criticism. Slow but sure, the effect for the media is lost trust and readers leaving.
“Now, which exist mainstream media does not represent the reality of the contemporary. Especially an alignment problems make the media loss trust of the people,” YL Said.
In the other said, the increasing number of online media, should be a challenge and introspection for the mainstream media to have more integrity. National Press Day 2017 is moment to restore the trust of people to media with credibility and stand to the truth. (ibr)