Improving Journalistic Literacy Through Mading Training At State Middle School 24 Makassar

Abstract

This community service program aimed to improve students’ journalistic literacy through wall magazine training at SMP Negeri 24 Makassar. The program employed a participatory approach with a practice-based learning model (learning by doing). The participants consisted of 65 people, including 50 student council members, 5 teacher supervisors, and 10 student teachers from the teaching practice program. The activities were carried out through several stages: preparation, training, mentoring, and evaluation. The training materials covered the basics of journalism, techniques for writing simple news reports and articles, editing, and wall magazine design. The results showed an improvement in students’ understanding of journalistic concepts, their ability to write simple journalistic works, creativity in presenting information, and participation and teamwork in groups. Based on the evaluation, 85% of students were able to write simple news reports using the 5W+1H elements, 80% were able to write articles systematically, and the average score of the wall magazine products reached 84, which was categorized as good. Thus, wall magazine training proved to be effective as a contextual learning medium for improving students’ journalistic literacy and strengthening the literacy culture in the school environment