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Andreas Harsono

Writer


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Born Jember (Aug 07, 1965), currently resides in
Personal Web http://www.andreasharsono.net/
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Andreas Harsono is an author and journalist. He initiated his career as a reporter for Bangkok-based Nation and Kuala Lumpur-based Star newspapers. He played a role in establishing Jakarta’s Alliance of Independent Journalists in 1994 and was a co-founder of the Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information in Jakarta and the South East Asia Press Alliance in Bangkok. In 2003, he contributed to the establishment of the Pantau Foundation, a journalist training organization also headquartered in Jakarta. Since 2008, he has been reporting on Indonesia for Human Rights Watch. His published books encompass Jurnalisme Sastrawi: Antologi Liputan Mendalam dan Memikat together with Budi Setiyono, and Agama Saya Adalah Jurnalisme, along with the English book Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia.1

  1. UWRF 2023 ↩

Book(s)


Race, Islam and Power
Essay Collection
256 page(s), Monash University Publishing

In the Headlines


In the beginning was the word – and the word was UWRF

Pearls and Irritations / As Seen On
Nov 01, 2023

In the beginning was the word – and the word was UWRF

UWRF to ponder consequences of human actions

Jakarta Post / As Seen On
Oct 14, 2019

UWRF to ponder consequences of human actions

Ubud Writers Festival to showcase Indonesian literature in October

Asian Correspondent / As Seen On
Aug 25, 2017

Ubud Writers Festival to showcase Indonesian literature in October

IDWRITERS

Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
Sep 10, 2015

Come October, Celebrating Literature’s Best and Brightest in Ubud


Crafted by Andreas Harsono


Pramoedya, fascism and his last interview

Jakarta Post / What Media Says
May 07, 2006

Pramoedya, fascism and his last interview


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