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President Joko Widodo expressed optimism that mass media is still needed amidst the leap of information technology era and the rise of social media.  This was disclosed by President Joko Widodo when opening the peak Commemoration of the National Press Day in 2018 in Padang City, West Sumatra. The President said that the presence of mainstream media and social media is still needed as a pillar of truth enforcement. He views that media as the fourth pillar of democracy is still needed to convey honest information and absorb people's aspirations.

“…But I believe that in an age of technological advances, in the era of abundant information and abundance of misinformation, the press is increasingly needed. The press is increasingly necessary to become a pillar of truth. The press is increasingly needed as a pillar of enforcement of facts. The press is increasingly needed as an enabling pillar of aspiration in society. The press is increasingly needed to help build a new cultural narrative and building a new narrative civilization. Photographing the ever-increasingly fast-paced society is increasingly efficient which is now spawned with an industrial revolution era 4.0 based on the digitalization of computing power and data analytics; producing a lot of innovation that we must immediately know, that we must immediately understand if we do not want to be abandoned. Once again, the press is needed to help build a new cultural narrative to build a new narrative of the civilization.”

In addition to the official opening by President Joko Widodo, the peak of National Press Day 2018 is also highlighted by the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The event also improves the competence of journalists between the Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) and a number of parties both private and state enterprises in order to advance the national press. The peak of National Press Day 2018 also gave  award to a number of national journalists. The award is given as a form of appreciation for the work and dedication of journalists in the field of journalism. (Ndy/trs Rezha)