Experience

RadVoice Indonesia

• Indonesia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Head Writer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Established in 2022, RadVoice Indonesia (www.radvoice.id) is a Jakarta-based media relations and content writing agency. Incorporating more than a decade of freelance writing, journalism and media experience into the company. Offering various services such as media distribution, article writing, press trip arrangement, advertorial, copyediting and translation to Indonesian and multinational organizations. Ongoing and past clients include Indonesia's leading pharmaceutical firm PT Novell Pharmaceutical Laboratories, American healthcare company Baxter International Inc., global digital health nonprofit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Indonesian private hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Indonesia, Singapore-based major palm oil plantation company Golden Agri-Resources and Bali-based Environmental Bamboo Foundation. Completed writing projects under two United Nations specialized agencies: the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)'s Better Work Indonesia program. Producing Indonesian-language blog posts on media relations and content writing tips and strategies on www.radvoice.id/blog. Show less



Various Publications

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Indonesia & Timor-Leste Correspondent

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Writing news and features on Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Taiwan. Reporting for media outlets in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North America and Europe. Had exclusive interviews with Indonesia's Nusantara Capital City Authority chairman Bambang Susantono, prominent Chinese-Indonesian novelist Marga T and esports organizer VSPO (then VSPN)'s co-founder Danny Tang. Traveled to Uzbekistan and the Raja Ampat archipelago (eastern Indonesia) on several media trips. Issues covered included Indonesia's capital relocation plan, the Kanjuruhan Stadium stampede, the 2022 West Java earthquake, Timor-Leste's 2022 presidential election, Taiwan-Southeast Asia relations, the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Bali's tourism industry, the lives of Southeast Asian migrant workers in Taiwan after then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taipei, Timor-Leste's 20th anniversary of independence restoration and other stories. Work in the South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, Al Jazeera English, the Financial Times, ABC News (US), The Telegraph (UK), The Economist, Mekong Review, Rest of World, Coconuts, The News Lens, The Straits Times, The National (UAE), The Jakarta Post. Helped the Singaporean public broadcaster-owned news channel CNA with Indonesia newsgathering for a week. Show less



AFP

• France
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fact-Check Journalist

  • Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

  Part of Agence France-Presse's digital investigation team, the world's largest network of fact-checkers covering a total of more than eighty countries and working in twenty languages. Debunked online misinformation across Indonesia for AFP's Fact Check blog and TikTok by analyzing misleading social media posts, using digital verification tools and interviewing relevant experts. Wrote fact-check stories on the 2021 Semeru eruption, the 2021 East Nusa Tenggara floods, the 2021 G20 Rome summit, Indonesia's 2021 Eid travel ban, COVID vaccines, anti-China hoaxes in Indonesia, the sunken KRI Nanggala 402 submarine, health issues, among other subjects. Helped the news agency’s Jakarta bureau with news coverage in Indonesia and Timor-Leste if needed. Show less



Various Publications

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Indonesia & Timor-Leste Correspondent

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Reported news and features out of Indonesia for media outlets in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North America and Europe. Did lives for several television and radio stations, including Türkiye's English-language public broadcaster TRT World.Had an exclusive interview with Indonesia's former Vice President Jusuf Kalla.Issues covered included the Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 plane crash, the 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake, Indonesia's COVID situation, Timor-Leste's initial success in containing the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia's Omnibus Law controversy, the 70th anniversary of Jakarta-Beijing ties, anti-Beijing and anti-communism sentiment in Indonesia, society and culture, among others. Work in the South China Morning Post, The Telegraph (UK), Al Jazeera English, Nikkei Asia, ABC News (US), Rest of World, Thomson Reuters Foundation, VICE Asia, Equal Times, The News Lens. Show less

• Taiwan Correspondent

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2020

  Reported news and features out of Taiwan for media outlets in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North America and Europe. Followed the latest developments in mainland China and Hong Kong.Assignments in Kinmen, Jakarta, Quanzhou and Dili. Published two scoops after an exclusive interview with Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in August 2019.Did a live report on Taiwan's 2020 general elections in Mandarin for Indonesia's Metro TV.Issues covered included Taipei's relations with Beijing, Chinese Indonesian diaspora in Taiwan, Hong Kong's 2019-20 protests, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's 2019 National Day speech, Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan, Taiwan's press freedom, culture and travel, among others.Work in the South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Travel, Lowy Institute's The Interpreter, OZY, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, VICE Asia, Goldthread, New Naratif, NUVO Magazine, Asia Times, Intisari, DestinAsian Indonesia, The Jakarta Post. Show less



Freelance

• Contributing Reporter

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  Covered a wide range of topics, from cultural events hosted by diplomatic missions in Indonesia to Jakarta's relations with Hong Kong and Taipei.Work in The Jakarta Post and Indonesia Expat.

• Travel Writer

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2018

  Contributed travel and food features to various media titles in Indonesia, Hong Kong and the United States. Wrote articles from trips to mainland China, Macao, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam.Worked with India Tourism Singapore, EVA Air Jakarta, Taiwan Tourism Bureau Kuala Lumpur and Tourism New Zealand in Singapore during several media trips across India, Taiwan and New Zealand. Supplied original travel photographs. Traveled to Medan and Lasem on several assignments.Work in the South China Morning Post, Cathay Dragon's Silkroad magazine, Eater, InClover, her world Indonesia, Media Indonesia, Intisari, Suara Pembaruan, Koran Tempo, Roads & Kingdoms, Femina Indonesia, MAXIM Indonesia, Republika, Travelxpose, NYLON Indonesia, Esquire Indonesia, Reader’s Digest Indonesia, FEMALE Indonesia, Pikiran Rakyat, Top Idol Indonesia, Suara Merdeka, Ummi, Kartini. Show less

• Book Reviewer

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2013

  Wrote book reviews for Indonesian newspapers The Student Globe, Koran Jakarta and Bisnis Indonesia. Reviewed various Indonesian and foreign fiction and non-fiction books.