Independent Media in Today’s Indonesia

Adisti Sukma Sawitri is the Deputy Chief Editor of The Jakarta Post. She has covered politics and the environment in Indonesia for twenty years. In 2023, she received a grant from the Thomson Reuters Foundation to produce in-depth reports on the country’s energy transition.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri adalah Deputy Chief Editor The Jakarta Post. Selama dua dekade, ia telah meliput isu politik dan lingkungan di Indonesia. Pada 2023, ia menerima hibah dari Thomson Reuters Foundation untuk membuat liputan khusus mengenai transisi energi di Indonesia.

Devi Asmarani is the Indonesian Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder of Magdalene, a women-focused online publication with a gender perspective. She has nearly thirty years of experience in journalism. Devi is also a writing and journalism instructor, as well as a gender and media facilitator, and has worked as a consultant with international organizations. She is the recipient of the S.K. Trimurti Award for her work in promoting gender equality in journalism.

Devi Asmarani adalah Pemimpin Redaksi sekaligus Co-founder Magdalene, sebuah media daring yang berfokus pada isu perempuan dengan perspektif gender. Ia memiliki pengalaman hampir tiga puluh tahun di dunia jurnalisme. Selain itu, Devi juga aktif sebagai pengajar penulisan dan jurnalisme, fasilitator isu gender dan media, serta pernah menjadi konsultan bagi berbagai organisasi internasional. Atas kiprahnya dalam mendorong kesetaraan gender di bidang jurnalisme, ia dianugerahi Penghargaan S.K. Trimurti.

Dewa Kresnanta, also known as Kresnanta, is an Indonesian full-time media content creator and part of the creative team at balebengong.id, the largest citizen journalism portal in Bali. Since 2007, BaleBengong has grown as a nonprofit platform consistently presenting critical perspectives on Bali beyond tourism narratives, highlighting the lives of farmers, fishers, people with disabilities, and rural communities. With more than 1,300 contributors, BaleBengong publishes citizen-produced writing, photography, and video, while remaining active on social media. It also runs digital literacy programmes such as Anugerah Jurnalisme Warga, Citizen Journalism Classes, and Melali ke Desa.