Insights into internship with a newspaper
BY ABIDGAIL MERTA GANGGANG & LILIANA SHERYN KUCHING: Internships are pivotal in shaping one’s career as they provide undergraduates and graduates with real-world exposure to working environments and help them develop the necessary skills required to stand out in a saturated job market. A saturated job market is a situation where there are more job […]
Early Christmas Cheer
Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) representatives present jars of cookies to New Sarawak Tribune (ST) and Suara Sarawak (SV) during their visit to the two dailies’ headquarters at Metrocity Matang here. Flanking ST & SV HR and Finance Executive Shahraini Sajali are the energy provider’s Communication Executives Alexson Juna (left) and Izzairul Izzat.
Media industry needs multitaskers
KUCHING: The media industry needs graduates who are multi-skilled, multi-talented, multi-tasking and multi-platform, said SV News Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Dr Jeniri Amir. “This is aside from the general skills emphasised in this industry, such as digital journalism skills, mobile journalism skills, creativity, capabilities in conducting analysis, and so on,” he said. Jeniri was […]
Unimas hails collaboration
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) and SV News Sdn Bhd have entered into a collaboration with the exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) conducted via Zoom today. The MoU was signed by Unimas vice-chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi on behalf of Unimas while SV News Sdn Bhd was represented by its […]
Tabloid staff served bubur lambuk
KUCHING: A total of 1,000 packs of bubur lambuk (savoury porridge) were distributed to motorists passing through Metrocity, Jalan Matang here this evening. The distribution of the porridge was organised by the staff of New Sarawak Tribune (NST) and Suara Sarawak (SS). NST and SS chief operating officer Mohd Sardon Zainal said the distribution of bubur lambuk is […]
Early Raya cheer for five needy families
KUCHING: Five needy families here today received Hari Raya goodies from members of the media through ‘Program Santun Kasih’. The programme was a joint effort between Astro Awani Sarawak, Suara Sarawak and Borneo Channel. The families were previously highlighted by Astro Awani Sarawak and the five recipients were Faishul Hassan, Karmira Benny, Ngu Tek Ngik, […]
Unimas collaborates with ST, SS
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) is collaborating with New Sarawak Tribune (ST) and Suara Sarawak (SS) to enhance its visibility. “We are aiming to play a more active role as a content provider, coming up with a more systematic arrangement of how we can provide content and the way in which ST and SS can […]
New Sarawak Tribune, Suara Sarawak bag 25 awards
KUCHING: New Sarawak Tribune (NST) and its sister paper Suara Sarawak (SS) bagged 25 awards at the 32nd Kenyalang Journalism Award ceremony held at Imperial Hotel here last night. NST reporter Tania Lam Kar Yan won gold in the Sustainability Journalism Award with her story titled ‘Cultural heritage tourism’; while feature writer Priscilla Tawie Sulok […]
Suara Sarawak praised for promoting Bahasa Melayu
KUCHING: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) Sarawak deputy director Dr Shantrol Abdullah has commended Suara Sarawak’s initiative to promote Bahasa Melayu. According to him, language is important for a publication medium like a newspaper because it reflects the organisation. “Readers will assume that the organisation is not serious in promoting Bahasa Melayu as the national […]
Fond farewell, new mission ahead
KUCHING: It was a bittersweet Friday as the staff of New Sarawak Tribune (NST) and Suara Sarawak (SS) gathered at their office here to bid their chief operating officer (COO) a heartfelt farewell, wishing him all the best in his next endeavour. Rudi Affendi Khalik, 45, smiled as he delivered his final speech as COO […]
