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Select journalism clips by Adi Renaldi.
Adi Renaldi
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(He/Him)
- Multimedia Journalist, Freelance
- Rainforest Investigations Fellow, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Jakarta
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
Adi Renaldi’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridHow police action in Indonesia led to a deadly crush in the soccer stadium
The Washington Post
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A massive barrage of tear gas munitions fired by Indonesian police at soccer fans prompted the fatal crush in Malang last weekend that left at least 130 people dead, a Washington Post investigation shows.
Their homes are sinking fast. Can their community survive?
National Geographic
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To bury Mukminah last year, they had to bring in the dirt by rowboat. The cemetery was underwater in Timbulsloko, a village some 250 miles east of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. On maps the village looks like it's still on the north coast of Central Java, but the land around it has lately been taken by the Java Sea.
Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million...
MIT Technology Review
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The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the bodies of the poor.
As the tide rises, Indonesia struggles to save the living-and the dead
National Geographic
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Demak Regency, IndonesiaTo bury Mukminah last June, they had to bring in the dirt by rowboat. The cemetery was underwater in Timbulsloko, a village some 285 miles east of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. On maps the village looks like it's still on the north coast of Central Java, but the land around it has long since been taken by the Java Sea.
Child sex trafficking endures in Bali despite collapse of international tourism
Los Angeles Times
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The 16-year-old girl met the man on a messaging app. He offered to take her sightseeing at a lake in his car. For the poor daughter of a trash collector, it was a luxury she couldn't refuse. They spent the day viewing centuries-old temples with another teenage girl, but by nightfall the mood turned tense.
Indonesia's pandemic-fuelled problem: Mounds of medical waste
Al Jazeera
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From masks and gloves to IVs and COVID tests, reporter Adi Renaldi visits the landfills and dumpsites that are now home to toxic medical waste. The overpowering stench is the first thing that I notice, filling my nose and making my eyes water. Then I see the mountains of rotting waste.
'There's no virus here': An epic vaccine race against all odds in Indonesia
The Washington Post
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The health officials were racing against the clock. Doses of the coronavirus vaccine had to reach Sabang, a city on the mountainous Weh Island in the Andaman Sea, by that afternoon. It was early February, and Indonesia was falling behind on its plan to vaccinate health workers, a crucial step in one of the world's most ambitious immunization campaigns.