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Andreas Harsono

@andreasharsono

Andreas Harsono, a 2000 Nieman Fellow, is a consultant in Jakarta for the New York-based Human Rights Watch and chairs the board of the Pantau Foundation, which conducted the nationwide survey of Indonesian journalists for Pintak and Setiyono. He was managing editor of the Jakarta-based Pantau magazine, a monthly newspaper about media and journalism.

Indonesia’s Religious Violence: The Reluctance of Reporters to Tell the Story

‘In an average Indonesian newsroom, most media workers identify closely with an Islamic and nationalist identity.’
September 22, 2011

Media Bias in Covering the Tsunami in Aceh

‘Indonesian journalists do not understand Aceh stories from the Acehnese perspective.’
March 15, 2005

When Water and Political Power Intersect

A journalist probes the story of water privatization in Jakarta, Indonesia.
March 15, 2005

Journalists Confront New Pressures in Indonesia

In an era of press freedom, the quality of journalism is a concern.
June 15, 2002

Journalists’ Use of the Internet Bubbled Up From Underground

It helped to topple a corrupt president, but now poverty prevents its spread.
December 15, 2000