The study focuses on improving students’ writing skills through a mind-mapping strategy assisted by the MindMeister application in news text. This classroom action research was conducted two cycles. held SMA Negeri 2 Ujungbatu, Rokan Hulu Regency, Riau. sample is 30 twelfth-grader students. variable measured skills. data collected using pretest-posttest, observation checklist, and questionnaire...