[Unpad.ac.id, 4/05/2016] Fikom Unpad won Pekom of The Year 2016 or Winner in “Communication Week 2016” held by University of Indonesia. The night of Commweekend, on Friday (29/3) was lively with the theme of ‘May The Force Be with You’. The finalists of Pekan Komunikasi 2016 attended with black attire.
This year Faculty of Communication Science (Fikom) Unpad sent 23 members of its delegation, consisting of seven teams and two individual participants for all competition, except AdWar. The sections of Pekom 2016 competition this year was almost similar with last year; Media Matters, Journalight, Creabo Desain Program TV, Creabo Festival Film, PRVaganza, and AdWar. This year Pekom added one more competition in Creabo, Radio Program Design Competition.
Fikom Unpad swept all awards in all competition except Creabo Film Festival:
- 1st Place Journalight (Rahman Fauzi)
- 2nd Place Creabo Radio Program Design (Cinthia Purnama, Dina Permata, Geny Aprilla)
- 2nd Place WebTV Program Design (Kholistiani Puspadi, Shinta Purnama, Laila Rachmawati)
- 3rd Place Media Maters (Febriana Tambunan, Asmi Nur, Surya Laili)
- 3rd Place PRVaganza (Lingga Yonita, Nabila Dhiyasari, Novrisa Nur)
This year Pekom emphasized its competition content in digital media. Journalight, for example, held the theme of ‘It’s All About Data’; participants were to create visual works in addition to specific news writings.
“In the finals I raised the topic of ‘Education for All People Indonesia’ by emphasizing the use of the data of each piece. In a specific news, I wrote ‘Come When They are Educated Educating’ about student movement trying to teach a solution for problems of education in the society around them, “said Fauzi Rahman, from Fikom Unpad delegation finalists who won the first PEKOM this year.
In other competition, Febriana et al. brought the the topic of ‘Bina(sa) Bahasa Indonesia’ in Media Matters, Chintia et al. carried the program ‘Morning Zest: More Than Just A Radio’ in Creabo Radio Program Design, Kholistiani et al. launched a ‘Kepo Dong’ in Creabo WebTV Program Design, and the team of Lingga et al. that campaigned “Astra Contribution for Indoensia’ in ‘PRVaganza’. All finalists competition materials were done and disseminate through digital media.
Achievements in all competitions brought Unpad to achieve special award, ‘Pekan Komunikasi of The Year’. This award was given to university who has sent its best delegation in the Communciation Week Competition.
In the awarding night, Dean of Fikom Unpad, Dr.Dadang Rahmat Hidayat,S.Sos,SH, MSi, Vice Dean I, Dr.Dadang Sugiana,MSi, Manager of Students Affair and Learning, FX Ary Prastowo, M.Ikom, and other lecturers of Fikom Unpad (Asmi Nur Aisyah).*
Released by Fikom Unpad (fikom.unpad.ac.id)
