ABSTRACT
Journalist documentation in covering disasters is one of the channels for educating the public about natural disasters. Equipping journalists to carry out disaster advocacy needs to be directed. For this reason, the community service program “Disaster Mitigation Education for Television Journalists in West Java” is directed at journalists, especially television journalists who are members of the West Java Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI). Training in the form of training on safety techniques in disaster coverage, basic rescue, and training on how to carry out coverage aimed at mitigating disasters. The method of this activity is carried out by means of training and counselling accompanied by interactive dialogue and sharing that encourage participants to be creative, innovative, participatory, and build cooperation and work. The results of this activity indicated that there were changes in participants, especially an increase in knowledge and ability to carry out coverage of various disaster mitigation reports.
