Andreas Harsono

About Andreas Harsono

Andreas Harsono, a 2000 Nieman Fellow, is a consultant in Jakarta for the New York-based Human Rights Watch and chairs the board of the Pantau Foundation, which conducted the nationwide survey of Indonesian journalists for Pintak and Setiyono. He was managing editor of the Jakarta-based Pantau magazine, a monthly newspaper about media and journalism.

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Indonesia’s Religious Violence: The Reluctance of Reporters to Tell the Story

By Andreas Harsono• Opinion• September 22, 2011

‘In an average Indonesian newsroom, most media workers identify closely with an Islamic and nationalist identity.’ Read more

Media Bias in Covering the Tsunami in Aceh

By Andreas Harsono• International Journalism• March 15, 2005

‘Indonesian journalists do not understand Aceh stories from the Acehnese perspective.’ Read more

When Water and Political Power Intersect

By Andreas Harsono• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2005

A journalist probes the story of water privatization in Jakarta, Indonesia. Read more

Journalists Confront New Pressures in Indonesia

By Andreas Harsono• International Journalism• June 15, 2002

In an era of press freedom, the quality of journalism is a concern. Read more

Journalists’ Use of the Internet Bubbled Up From Underground

By Andreas Harsono• Features• December 15, 2000

It helped to topple a corrupt president, but now poverty prevents its spread. Read more