Jakarta (ANTARA) - National News Agency Institute (LKBN) ANTARA won the 2021 Best Research and Innovation Supporting Online Mass Media award at the Journalist and Media Award held by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) on Wednesday.
"The role of delivering the research and innovation result from local researchers is inseparable from the role and support from the media," BRIN's official Nur Tri Aries Suestiningtyas said at the event held here on Wednesday.
The award was BRIN's form of appreciation for journalists and media that have collectively communicated research and innovation to the public, he added.
The awards for the mass media category were presented by the head of BRIN, Laksana Tri Handoko.
LKBN ANTARA's journalist Martha Herlinawati Simanjuntak received an award in the 2021 Most Productive Journalist category.
In addition to ANTARA, awards were also conferred to MNC Trijaya for Best Research and Innovation Supporting Electronic Radio Mass Media, and Koran Sindo for Best Research and Innovation Supporting Print Mass Media.
Meanwhile, Kompas TV won the award for Best Research and Innovation Supporting Electronic TV Mass Media.
Greeners.co journalist Ari Supriyanti Rikin walked away with the Best Online Media Journalist award, while Pradipta Pandu Mustika from kompas.id placed second and Loamy Nurani Noprizal from CNNIndonesia.com placed third in the category.
The award for the Best Print Media Journalist went to Deonisia Arlinta Graceca from Kompas.
M Hilmi Setiawan from Jawa Pos won second place and Faustinus Nua from Media Indonesia took third place.
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