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Adi Renaldi

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As seen in: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Medium, MSN, Reuters Japan, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, Yahoo Singapore, Goats & Soda, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic and
Covers:  The environment, technology, politics, culture, conflicts.
Doesn't Cover: Business and Finance
2025 @Rainforest_RIN Fellow🧑‍💻 📝The Archipelago Dispatch • Byline in dozens outlets around the globe • 📧adirenaldi@proton.me

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Adi Renaldi’s Biography

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Adi Renaldi is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Jakarta. Prior to being a freelancer, he was an in-depth editor at Tirto.ID and a staff writer at VICE Indonesia for four years, where he produced long-form journalism ranging from religious extremism, environment, to culture. Before his stint at VICE he joined Jakarta-based news platform Concord Review, overseeing Global Jihad column.

His investigation in late 2018 on how Indonesian presidential candidates hired PR agencies to deploy cy…

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Dispatches - ADI RENALDI

Dispatches - ADI RENALDI

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How police action in Indonesia led to a deadly crush in the soccer stadium

How police action in Indonesia led to a deadly crush in the soccer stadium

A massive barrage of tear gas munitions fired by Indonesian police at soccer fans prompted the fatal crush in…

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Their homes are sinking fast. Can their community survive?

Their homes are sinking fast. Can their community survive?

To bury Mukminah last year, they had to bring in the dirt by rowboat. The cemetery was underwater in Timbulsl…

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Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million...

Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million...

The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done …

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As the tide rises, Indonesia struggles to save the living-and the dead

As the tide rises, Indonesia struggles to save the living-and the dead

Demak Regency, IndonesiaTo bury Mukminah last June, they had to bring in the dirt by rowboat. The cemetery wa…

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Child sex trafficking endures in Bali despite collapse of international tourism

Child sex trafficking endures in Bali despite collapse of international tourism

The 16-year-old girl met the man on a messaging app. He offered to take her sightseeing at a lake in his car.…

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Proyek Karbon APRIL Group: Menjual Ancaman Deforestasi di Semenanjung Kampar

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By Adi Renaldi Verified
| Deduktif Indonesia Verified
8 Mei 2026 Investigasi ini didukung oleh Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, bagian dari Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) Fellowship 2025. TL;DR Investigasi terhadap Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER) milik APRIL Group menunjukkan proyek karbon tersebut melebih-lebihkan ancaman penebangan hutan. Terdapat celah metodologis dan proses audit yang longgar. Data dan metode dipilih agar terlihat lebih “buruk” dari kondisi nyata, berpotensi melemahkan mitigasi krisis iklim.
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How an Indonesian Pulp Giant Built a Carbon Project to Save a Forest From Itself

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By Adi Renaldi Verified
| The Diplomat Magazine Verified
A months-long investigation into APRIL Group’s flagship Riau Ecosytem Restoration reveals how its carbon project was built on a hypothetical deforestation threat that is unlikely to materialize. An aerial view of the Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER), an award-winning ecosystem restoration project in Pelalawan Regency, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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How an Indonesian Pulp Giant Built a Carbon Project to Save a Forest From Itself

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By Adi Renaldi Verified
| Tribune Content Agency
This investigation was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and conducted as part of Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) 2025 Fellowship.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote gig reports for a local magazine and occasionally wrote music reviews.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Too young for a typewriter.

How is social media changing news?

I found it hard to believe that news outlets sourced 'newsworthy stories' from social media driven by virality. That's not what I am gonna do

Awards

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The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA)

2022 - Excellence in Regional Technology Reporting

Part of a team of reporters and photographers commissioned by Rest of World on gig economy.

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The Telly Awards

2022 - General-Sustainability

The pandemic waste documentary on 101 East won the Silver for General - Sustainability category, 43rd Telly Awards.

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Alliance of Independent Journalist Award

2020 - Excellence in Reporting on Child Rights

My work about mass female circumcision was the finalist for the award.

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