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This alternative news source from Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization is fighting hardline Islamism online.
Moderate voices take centre stage at Islami.co, which is trying to appeal to Indonesia's urbane Muslim set.
Indonesian media needs to reconsider how it covers LGBT issues.
Being 'neutral' is only driving bigotry and discrimination.
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Meet the team behind Magdalene, Indonesia’s feminist website covering ‘taboo’ subjects on gender and sexuality.
They're adding new voices to society. But monetisation remains a problem.
A project on Medium to chronicle Indonesia’s anti-communist purges is now a moving digital scrapbook.
Hundreds of writers are volunteering their time to contribute to Ingat 65, a journalist-led project to ensure the 1960s massacres are never forgotten.
How IDN Media grew from a hobby project into one of Indonesia’s fastest growing millennial sites
A Splice Media Entrepreneurs interview with founder Winston Utomo about building and funding the 'BuzzFeed of Indonesia’.
Saracen may have been shut down but Indonesia still needs a plan to take down other fake news generators.
Like everywhere else, it needs better media credibility and digital literacy.
How the brutal rape and murder of a schoolgirl exposed shortcomings in Indonesia’s press.
The local and international press seemed content to ignore the tragic case, until activists launched a sustained media campaign.
Media Entrepreneurs: Why Manggadget’s Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo stepped out of mining and finance to start a tech review site in Indonesia
"The lifestyle definitely changes big time from professional life to business life. There are no more work hours.”