Bankaltimtara Magazine Wins Gold Winner InMA 2019

PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara or commonly called Bankaltimtara once again won the best cover cover competition in the 8th SPS Indonesia Inhouse Magazine Awards (InMA) 2019 with the title of Gold Winner in "InMa 2019" Best of Regional Own Enterprise "in the Awarding Night event SPS and One Decade of IPMA in 2019 took place in the Surabaya SIOLA Building, Friday night (07/02).

The award was handed over by the Central SPS Narrator of SPS and was received by the Head of the Corporate Relations Department R. Adi Sugiarto who was also the Editor in Chief of Bankaltimtara Magazine.

The 2019 SPS Indonesia Inhouse Magazine Awards (InMA) event was held in conjunction with the Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA) which this year lasted a decade, followed by The 8th Indonesia Student Print Media Awards (ISPRIMA), and The 6th Indonesia Young Readers Awards (IYRA), located in the SIOLA Building, Surabaya, Friday (07/02).

The competition was attended by a total of 766 entries, involving ten competent juries in their field. The judging takes place in a marathon in Jakarta from January 15-17, 2019. The theme is "Unlimited Creativity in the Disruption Era".

That although the print media industry business is increasingly challenging, creativity in the presentation of content must be enriched with new ideas that are closer to the reader. "The goal is to keep public trust in the media, especially print," said SPS Center Executive Director Asmono Wikan.

This success is the fourth time for Bankaltimtara Magazine (PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara Internal Magazine) to win the InMA award. 2016 won Bronze, 2017 Gold, and 2018 Gold. While this year it won Gold for the design cover of Bankaltimtaraedisi 67 Magazine (July-August 2018) with the theme: Joint Steps to Achieve National Achievement.

The cover design depicts two small children wearing school uniforms while holding laptops. This reminds all Bankaltimtara people to always be passionate about working and continuing to learn to increase their capacity to compete with other banks, "said R. Adi Sugiarto, Head of the Department of Corporate Relations at PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara.

Meanwhile, the Head of Corporate Secretariat of PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara Abdul Haris Sahilin said, this award certainly gave more motivation to the editorial team of Bankaltimtara Magazine, to continue to display the best magazine cover. With this award, it further enhances the image of PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara in internal and external circles. This is also a presentation to PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara & Stake Holder, especially loyal readers and de "Bankaltimtara, as the contributor of Bankaltimtara Magazine.

"We dedicate this award to all employees of PT BPD Kaltim Kaltara, especially contributors to the magazine. Because, with this award, the public and readers are increasingly convinced that Bankaltimtara Magazine is recognized for its quality nationally, "he explained.

The work of the participants is certainly more qualified. Some juries even acknowledged the existence of significant quality developments from year to year. As acknowledged by Kompas Daily Visual Editor Danu Kusworo. He saw interesting changes in the front cover of the work of the InMA participants. "Formerly, text thinking has now become visual thinking," said the man who was also the judge of ISPRIMA's front cover.

In addition to the awards night, the event which was attended by 400 leaders of press companies throughout Indonesia, national press figures, corporate public relations leaders, and government institutions was also enlivened by the Inauguration of the SPS Central Chairperson for the Period of 2019-2023, Inauguration of Branch SPS Managers and SPS Award 2019 best.