UNAIR NEWS –聽聽“UNAIR NEWS聽must continue to聽be news, new, and聽mak nyus聽“.聽It was the statement of UNAIR Rector Prof.聽Dr.聽Moh.聽Nasih, SE., MT., Ak., CMA., when he was asked about his impressions for the second anniversary of media that provides information about UNAIR to public.聽Prof.聽Nasih also emphasized that in the future聽UNAIR NEWS is聽expected to continue to retain good reputation of UNAIR at national and even international scene.
“Hopefully聽UNAIR NEWS聽continues to provide information about UNAIR and Indonesia, especially useful information for the community,” he said.
The professor of Faculty of Economics and Business also added that the role of聽UNAIR NEWS as a media portal of UNAIR should gain more recognition.聽Prof.聽Nasih stressed that the information about UNAIR in the future should be consumption for the global community.
“In the future UNAIR information presented in聽UNAIR NEWS聽should be consumption for all.聽This is our effort to provide information and spread usefulness, “said the 13th UNAIR Rector during the second anniversary of聽UNAIR NEWS on聽Friday, December 29.
The Spirit of Change
It was all started with the determination and passion to change.聽Along with the development of media, the need for online news media is deemed necessary, especially when news needed to be streamed quickly and accurately.聽That was the statement from Dr.聽Suko Widodo, M.Si., as head of Center for Information and Public Relations (PIH) of 东京热, when asked about the beginning of UNAIR NEWS.
Exactly on December 30, 2015, as an online news portal in Indonesia owned by higher education institutions,聽UNAIR聽NEWS聽did not appear at once.聽Suko said that at the beginning, there was careful preparation with spirits and commitment of all components, in PIH or all academic community of UNAIR.
“It was not easy to start an online news portals for a university.聽But it was the demand of times, “he explained.聽“And at that time, we thought that it was time for us to transform into digital along with the demand on information disclosure,” he added.
The political communication expert also hoped that the media can be a stepping-stone to changes in the pattern of communications media in UNAIR environment.聽Since the birth of聽UNAIR NEWS, 聽information about the 63-year-old university is more visible.
“Two years of聽UNAIR NEWS聽hopefully can be a real inspiration and promote changes on UNAIR and public information disclosure,” he said.
Author: Nuri Hermawan
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
