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Walking the tightrope of balanced election coverage

The media is the most important force in a democratic country, and we are well aware that its role in conveying ...

Indonesian govt ensures Publisher Rights Committee works independently

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto assured that the Implementing Committee ...

Airlangga alumnus provides digital journalism inspiration

An alumnus of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) of Airlangga University, Anak Agung Gde Bagus ...

ANTARA Heritage Center inaugurated by SOEs Minister Thohir

State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir, on Tuesday (May 14), inaugurated the ANTARA Heritage Center (AHC) ...

Journalist Safety Index and need for ensuring journalists' safety

The Tifa Foundation, as part of the Safe Journalism Consortium that is supported by the Dutch Embassy, collaborated ...

No media representatives on publisher rights committee: Press Council

The 11-member publisher rights committee set up to execute Presidential Regulation Number 32 of 2024 will not include ...

Press freedom protected in new publisher rights regulation: Official

Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics, Nezar Patria, emphasized on Friday that the presidential regulation ...

Minister Marsudi receives press freedom award from PWI

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi received the Golden Medal for Press Freedom award from the Association of ...

Widodo asks ministries to prioritize press ad spending

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked his ministerial ranks, especially the Minister of Communication and ...

No media restrictions in quiet period ahead of elections: Bawaslu

The General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has assured that there will be no restrictions on the media during ...

Legal journalistic products cannot be criminalized: Police

Deputy Chief of the National Police (Polri), Commissioner General Agus Andrianto, stated that journalistic products ...

Clarifying facts is crucial to thwart disinformation, official says

The government has been conducting clarification of facts as a vital measure for handling and averting the spread ...

Need regulation for civilians owning self-defense weapons: MPR

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has said that special regulations ...

Women journalists vulnerable to gender-based violence: Commission

Women journalists are vulnerable to gender-based violence in carrying out their journalistic duties, a Member of the ...

Press freedom is foundation of other rights: US Embassy officer

Political officer of the United States Embassy Jordan Younes stated that freedom of the press is the foundation of ...