A popular Indonesian social media observer recently posted on Twitter that one of Indonesia’s largest online media houses had lost one million readers within a month and the hemorrhage was continuing. There is little way to know if this statement is accurate because, with the recent demise of Alexa, there are no more free references...
After almost 4 years in school, graduation was finally around the corner and I was more than ready to put my skills to the test. I wasn’t entirely sure what job I wanted, all I knew was that I enjoyed working with data and solving complex problems. I came across some information on Maverick Data...
Becoming a Media Detective for Four Months, A MavAcademy Experience as Data Analyst Intern
As a hardcore fan of Aoyama Gosho’s Detective Conan manga series, it was inevitable that I would be drawn to a field that would enable me to be a detective of sorts, in this instance of data. In April this year, I took my first step to become a data detective, a job which in...
Publisher Rights: Good News for the Media and Journalists!
The rapid development of search engines and the high level of social media usage as a source of news have also seen search engines such as Google turn into news aggregators. They aggregate news from local media and publish them on their news bait pages, such as the likes of MSN News, Yahoo! News, or...
Journalistic Competitions, a Way to Promote Quality Writing
Journalistic competitions, often held by corporations or media associations, including the Press Council, are effective means to promote quality journalistic works but can also be used to draw public attention to a particular issue. As with other competitions, this type of event usually provides various awards and prizes as a form of appreciation for the...
