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PROTÉGÉS Issue no. 1 | 2021
PROTÉGÉS

CHALLENGES OF MEDIA STUDENTS

BY SITI NUR KHALISAH

Some of the articles published by the students in various platforms
The 2nd-year students from Department of Media and media press in Malaysia. The hope of the department is
Communication Studies at University Malaya have been that l these articles will educate and make people aware
given a task in the AIM2009 Selected Current Issues class. of the current issues that are happening in our country.
With guidance from Dr Md Azalanshah Md Syed, students
learn how to write a good article depending on its type. Below are the links to the published articles:
Students have to choose whether to write an Op-ed, an
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/557032
editorial, or a column article. These articles have the same
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/pa
purpose which is to inform and educate readers from the
ndangan/2020/12/29/biarlah-umno-sokong-anwar-
student’s point of view. The main task for students is to
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publish their article in the form of an opinion essay and
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/292199
letter to the editor.
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/291363
https://m.malaysiakini.com/letters/557337
Students had to find suitable issues that come from
https://m.malaysiakini.com/letters/557065
different themes under politics, environment, and
https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2020/12/647827
community. Finding topics and issues was not a
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challenge until students had to publish the article at any
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/294199
online news portal. Students had to make sure that their
https://www.malaysianow.com/wacana/2021/01/05/siap
article will meet the news portal’s requirements for it to be
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published by the editors. A total of 15 students managed
https://www.google.com/amp/s/malaysiagazette.com/20
to get their articles published.
21/01/08/sudah-masanya-isu-perkauman-
dihentikan/%3famp
These articles covered the importance of a child’s
https://www.malaysianow.com/wacana/2021/01/11/krisis
decision, student sensitivity to state problems and debt
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crises, the drug problem, racism, and victim blaming.
malaysia/
Students also wrote about Macau scammers which
https://thinkleft.net/2021/01/14/working-towards-a-
society needs to be aware of. They also highlighted
colour-blind-malaysia/
serious issues which arose during the pandemic, such as
https://malaysiagazette.com/2021/01/05/kenapa-dadah-
that of water pollution in Selangor and animal care in Zoo
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Negara, as well as the importance of following the
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government’s SOPs to break the Covid-19 chain. Other
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than that, there were politically-themed articles covering
https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2021/01/18/let-
the issue that UMNO is facing in the current government,
the-show-go-on-at-zoo-negara/
the worth of MySalam, and the questionable freedom of
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/bahasa/s/295998
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