Online talkshow - Goethe-Institut Indonesien and Project Multatuli
Goethe-Institut Indonesien in cooperation with Project Multatuli invites readers to discuss the public trust in mass media in general and how to increase reader support in quality media. This event is supported by Remotivi, Konde.co, Jaring.id, IDJN, Yayasan Pantau, and IndoProgress, which, together with Project Multatuli, have established an informal association of independent media organizations and journalists.
Since the advent of the internet, online media have emerged and mushroomed. People no longer need to buy newspapers to read the news. Online media provide fast and free information. Unfortunately, the free news is slowly shedding quality and accuracy in favor of speed.
The page is filled with advertisements that sometimes cover the news, making it inconvenient to read. Dependence on advertisers and oligarchs is also a big problem. On top of that, many journalists who are not paid according to the minimum wage standard.
Print media has also experienced a decrease in the number of subscribers. They are forced to adapt by going digital and sticking to the subscription model. This is a challenge and there is no evidence that this works.
No single media organization in Indonesia bases its business model on funding from readers or the public (audience revenue). Many mainstream media outlets rely on advertising because they cannot completely rely on customers.
In recent years, a number of media outlets have explored paywalls; these require readers to pay and subscribe to read their special reports.
This discussion will bring together academics, mainstream media practitioners, alternative media practitioners, and of course readers to answer the questions:
What should the media do to increase reader trust and support? And what can readers do to help improve the quality of journalism in Indonesia?
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GUESTS
© Widia Primastika
Widia Primastika or familiarly called Tika is the managing editor of Konde.co, a media that focuses on issues of women and minority groups. She is interested in media, gender, and mental health issues and is active as a national administrator for gender, children, and marginal groups of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI). Prior to writing for Konde.co, Tika had worked in several mainstream media. She decided to become a worker in alternative media in order to be more vocal in voicing the issues of women and marginalized groups.
© Ila Schaffer
Rara Sekar is a musician, freelance researcher with a background in cultural anthropology, and an educator. She obtained her master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. As a musician, Rara is committed to her solo project “hara”. She released her first mini album
Kenduri in June 2021. Apart from being busy with music, Rara is a mentor in the photography collective Arkademy, overseeing podcasts that discuss social events in the community called
Benang Merah. She is also an avid home gardener.
© Gunawan Wicaksono
Wahyu Dhyatmika is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tempo Digital. He was the editor-in-chief of
Tempo Magazine, Indonesia, until July 2021. He led the Panama Papers reporting in Indonesia in 2015, the collaborative cross-border investigative project initiated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). In 2017, with several other editor-in-chiefs of independent media in Indonesia, Wahyu initiated IndonesiaLeaks.id, a platform for whistle-blowers to be able to securely send documents and insights concerning possible scandals to newsrooms across the country.
© Aulia Latif
Andina Dwifatma is a full-time lecturer in the Communication Studies Program at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. Before becoming a lecturer, Andina worked as a journalist for
Fortune Indonesia magazine and won the 2011 Anugrah Adiwarta journalism award. As a creative writer, her debut novel
Season, and Another Season won a novel writing competition sponsored by the Jakarta Arts Council. Her second book entitled
More Quiet than a Whisper was nominated for the 2021 Language Agency Literature Award. Andina is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Monash University, Australia, on a Herb Feith scholarship 2020.
Moderator
© Wan Ulfa Nur Zuhra
Wan Ulfa Nur Zuhra is a volunteer at Project Multatuli. She is also the founder and executive director of Indonesian Data Journalism Network. She also works as senior sub-editor at Glance Indonesia. Wan Ulfa has been working as a journalist since 2011 and was the Partner Manager for Collaborative Reporting for Tirto.id. In 2019, her team revealed the massive sexual assault cases in Indonesian universities. Their series of reports won the SOPA Award for Public Service Journalism 2020 and Tasrif Award 2020. She received a master’s degree in data journalism from Birmingham City University under the Chevening Scholarship program. During her studies she won the Midlands Media Student Award in the news category.
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