"Never stop learning”, that was the advice my father gave me on my first day in Maverick. It was not always be on time or be a team player. It was a reminder to be curious, absorb knowledge, and apply it when we can. It was a reminder that our surroundings change, and the perfect...
Podcast: Trendy, Edgy, but Short of Supporting Facilities
Podcast is an abbreviation of iPod and Broadcast, an audio recording that can be listened to through the internet. Since being introduced to the public in the early 2000s, podcasts have grown and developed into new media. In Indonesia it showed a rapid growth as seen from the number of new podcasters appearing every year,...
Through #UntukJurnalisID program, Maverick Indonesia collaborate with the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) develop a mental health program for journalists or media workers called Perawatan Pulih Jiwa
Luring Niche Online Media Readers with Paid Content
we are in a situation where online media is facing pressure or competition from social media. This is a phenomenon that has been happening for quite some time, following the appearance of social media
#UntukJurnalisID: The Struggle to Find a NICU Ward for a Baby with COVID-19
Novi Nadya, journalist at Fimela.com, and Covid-19 survivor. Covid-19 has definitively tested me and my small family. Just 12 days after I gave birth to my firstborn, we were both declared positively infected with Covid-19. As was my husband. While still having to deal with the pain from my still fresh cesarean wound, I also...
Journalists are the less obvious front-liners in the pandemic. More of them are getting infected by COVID in the latest surge of cases and we need to help them out.
Ika Vantiani and her journey of exploration into the definition of a woman
Before we talk about Ika Vantiani, let us first take a look at the image above. What do you see? See how “Perempuan” was until recently defined in the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI) of the Language Center? And also notice that the definition is immediately followed by a series of composite terms...
Written by Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick Indonesia’s Partner Those who have an interest in media handling skills would find this interview — between the BBC’s Rebecca Henschke and Terry Filbert, the CEO of Baru Gold Corp that runs Tambang Mas Sangihe — a masterclass on what and how not to say things. The company has...
The Multatuli Project: A Public Journalism Initiative Based on Research and Data
The media industry is increasingly faced with a series of disruptions. The print industry, for example, has been hit hard by the onslaught of digitalization, media ecosystems that are marked by oligarchic biases, and last but not least, the pandemic. At least five print media bit the dust early in 2021 while the surviving ones...
Earth Day, a Reminder of What You Can Do to Make This Planet a Better Place
As someone who has been in sustainability circles for a while, my inbox was full of congratulatory messages on Earth day, April 22, 2021. Earth Day is indeed celebrated once a year on April 22 but if one really is concerned about the fate of this increasingly sorry little planet of ours, it is an...
One of the more interesting thing to happen to people of my generation that straddles Millennials and Gen Z is an uptick in stock investing. IDX, the Indonesian stock market, has pointed out that the total number of investors in the market spiked by 34 percent in October 2020. Approximately 47 percent of those new...
