The Asian American Journalists Association’s Asia chapter (AAJA-Asia), in partnership with Asosiasi Media Siber Indonesia (AMSI), is pleased to invite Indonesia’s news professionals and students in journalism to attend the online launch of its Stylebook for Gender-Sensitive Reporting Bahasa Indonesia version on Friday 11 April 2025. The event will feature a panel discussion about how journalists can improve their reporting and better represent our fast-changing world by portraying all genders as equally valued and diverse. The event will be held in Bahasa Indonesia.
AAJA-Asia is a nonprofit organization representing a multi-ethnic community of local and international media professionals and students in journalism committed to supporting a vibrant press in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2021, it launched the Advancing News Diversity in Asia (ANDA) project with the objective to define diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from an Asia perspective and support efforts to improve diversity and representation in newsrooms and news coverage throughout Asia.
AAJA-Asia members believe that it is a mission of journalism to accurately reflect the world, report inequalities, and give a voice to those oppressed or rendered invisible.
Every day, people around the world face discrimination and persecution because of their gender, sexual identity or sexual orientation – yet not all news coverage provides a fair and accurate portrayal of these groups. In news worldwide, women and LGBTQ people are often ignored or misrepresented.
The stylebook for gender-sensitive reporting aims to help Asia’s journalists to portray all genders as equally valued and diverse and better represent our fast-changing world. It has been produced with the support of the Google News Initiative and the contribution of over thirty news professionals and representatives from Women’s and LGBTQ groups from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea and Singapore, united by the belief that a review of the language journalists use in their reporting helps them to do their job more effectively. The stylebook is published in Chinese, English, Indonesian, Korean and Tagalog.
The stylebook’s Indonesian version (available for download here) will be launched by AAJA-Asia in Indonesia, with the support of Asosiasi Media Siber Indonesia (AMSI), at 3:00 pm, on Friday 11 July. Indonesian news professionals involved in the stylebook’s design will share their motivations for contributing to this project, the challenges they met and the lessons they learnt from this experience. Panelists will also share tips and advices on gender-sensitive reporting.
Whether you want to make gender your beat or simply need tips to spot how gender is playing out in Indonesia and beyond, this session will take you through the basics of gender-sensitive reporting, from identifying stories to finding sources to thinking about impact and engagement.
EVENT DETAILS
- Date: Friday 11 July 2025, 3:00 to 4:00 pm
- Venue: Online (a link to attend will be sent by email to registered participants)
- Registration deadline: July 11.
- Tickets: Free event.
- Registration: https://bit.ly/AAJA-Asia_AMSI-GenderSensitive_reporting
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SPEAKERS
Prodita Sabarini is the CEO and Publisher of The Conversation Indonesia, a not-for-profit independent online media that brings expert analysis from academics to the general public. Between 2017 to 2022, she was its Executive Editor, serving as editor-in-chief, fundraiser, and operations director. In 2015, Prodita initiated with other journalists Ingat65, a digital storytelling movement for young people of Indonesia to reflect about the legacy of Indonesia’s history, especially post 1965 anticommunist purges. She started her career in journalism at The Jakarta Post, in 2005.
Purnama Ayu Rizky is an Indonesian journalist, researcher, lecturer, and freelance writer who has written essays, research reports, and news reports since 2010. My writings can be found at several online medias. I am interested in gender, human rights, political issues, public policy, and communications. She is currently the Managing Editor of Magdalene.co.
Rio Tuasikal is an Indonesian journalist with 10 years of experience reporting on politics, gender, and social issues. He has also written opinion pieces, moderated forums, and contributed to research about gender and LGBTQ in Indonesia. In 2014, he received a “Better Journalism for LGBTI” fellowship from UNDP and AJI Indonesia. He holds an MA in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he researched how Indonesian transgender communities built solidarity using social media during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Roni Satria is a correspondent at CNN Indonesia with over 13 years of experience covering terrorism, disasters, environment, and corruption issues. Roni frequently explores remote and outermost areas of Indonesia, creating documentaries that shed light on overlooked social and cultural disparities. He currently leads the affinity desk at CNN Indonesia, overseeing journalists covering international, economic, and lifestyle news.
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