Development + Journalism + World

pulitzercenter:

Megacities are growing, and landscapes are changing, but will there be any fish left in Thailand? Slideshow by Adam Janofsky for the Pulitzer Center. Click here to see the rest of the project.

Jakarta grinds to a halt as traffic nears gridlock

With a video report and text, Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald newspaper shows why Jakarta is not welcoming to development, progress, or foreign investors: Its own people can hardly move from one place to another.

This video, from Global Post, is an excellent 5-minute documentary about street kids playing political punk music on the streets of Jakarta.

amadcap:

Why Indonesian Kids Are Crazy for Punk (by pratama1984)

The video shows clearly the brutality of the Malaysian police against the peaceful, nonviolent march of citizens from all sectors of Malaysian society. 

Al Jazeera posted a video that discusses the growing population — and poverty — in the world’s fourth-largest nation.

This is a 25-minute segment in English from the weekly program 101 East. It includes scenes of luxury as well as scenes of simple homes in the poorest slums. It also shows the traffic jams! The lack of public transportation (a metro or intra-city train) in the cities is mentioned. Also:

• Poor urban planning (how about — NO urban planning?).
• Over-concentration of economic centers on Java.
• The problems caused by the transmigration policies. 
• Environmental problems caused by development.
• Remote communities, such as those on Flores.
• Lack of access to contraception produces large families.
• The transition to democracy has weakened family planning.
• Possibility of food insecurity.
• Inefficiency of the country’s rice production/yields.
• The average family spends 70 percent of its income on food!

Excellent videography from a young reporter: Drew Ambrose! 

spidertazmo:

Pancasila sebagai manual NKRI…!!!

yourearthhour:

Check out this new video from the Earth Hour team in Indonesia.

FACES OF INDONESIA

“This is a special Independence Day/birthday present from MBDC to Indonesia! Since the beginning of August to 14 August, the team from malesbanget.com went around Jakarta and Yogyakarta to ask people to sing “Pancasila Our Home,” by Franky Sahilatua. Dozens of hours of video footage and rendering time later, MBDC finally managed to create a video epic that is destined only for Indonesia. Hopefully the results are good for making you all excited.” (Translated by Google.)

Indonesia on the Rise: Is It a Model for New Democracies?

A special report from Indonesia by journalists from The NewsHour, a TV news program in the U.S.

19 July 2011 

Soaring Food Costs Hit Indonesian Families' Budgets

This video report comes from the U.S. TV news program NewsHour on PBS.

19 July 2011