Biotech Writing Competition Concluded in Indonesia
April 17, 2009| |
The Indonesian Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBIC) recently concluded a four month writing competition on the theme "The Benefit of Biotechnology Application in Recovering from the Food Crisis". The competition aimed to determine how well media journalists understand biotechnology and provided a forum to improve the understanding of biotechnology by the media and the public. Of 95 entries, the five winning entries were articles that were published in Agrotek Magazine, Intisari Magazine, Bisnis Indonesia Daily, Republika Daily, and Agro Indonesia.
Dr. Bambang Purwantara, IndoBIC director, said that the articles rated best by the judges were those that used multiple sources of information such as experts. Dr. Syamsoe'oed Sadjad, one of the judges in the competition, added that the recognition encouraged journalists to write articles on biotechnology more often.
For more information on this event, email Dewi Suryani of IndoBIC at dewisuryani@biotrop.org or visit http://www.indobic.or.id/.
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