General Secretary of the National Sports Week (PON) XX Papua, Elia I. Loupatty expects press workers to participate in promoting culture, such as the Dances of Papua when the four-yearly event is held next October.

"At every match number in all venues when National Sports Week is held, it will be filled with Papuan dances to refresh the eyes. The journalist must write and promote it," explained Elia at the National Sports Week XX Papua coverage journalist training at Fox Hotel Jayapura, Wednesday (01/20/2021).

He also hopes that the press workers covering the implementation of National Sports Week Papua can produce quality news and photos to be published.

Media coverage is one of the indicators of the success of the Papuan Province as the Host of National Sports Week XX Papua.

"Therefore, I appreciate the training activities for journalists related to the implementation of National Sports Week of Papua. Moreover, journalists from Timika and Merauke also attended. Presuming that during this training, all journalists gained a certain skill in writing news. And must show that we Papuan journalists are also no less competitive with other regions in Indonesia," he explained.

He realized, writing news throughout the sport certainly requires expertise. Because in every event, there are many techniques that must be mastered by journalists.

Therefore, through the training of journalists, there is a lot of knowledge that can be obtained during the time to open the perspective of press workers, so that it is more appropriate in the presentation of news in the future.

Expert Staff of the Governor of Papua in the Field of Special Autonomy Development Triwarno Purnomo hopes that through the training, it can produce reliable and professional journalists in writing news about National Sports Week XX Papua later.

"The success of National Sports Week XX Papua is supported by the media covering the activities and achievements achieved to be reported to the world. Therefore, Papuan journalists must improve their ability to produce quality news," said Triwarno.

Chairman of the Journalist Training Committee Jean Bisay said the training activities aimed to prepare human resources for competent sports journalists in Papua while covering National Sports Week XX Papua.