The Important Network Affair is Happening in December
Posted by: slaksmi on: November 30, 2007
Same with two uploaded articles before, this is also one of the articles of my Master Project at Ateneo (2004). Not my favorite one, but it reminds me the passion we had at that time.
The Important Network Affair is Happening in December
(Third story)
by Shita Laksmi
In December 2004 was the first time Suman Basnet stepped in Indonesia. As the coordinator for Asia Pacific Region in the World Association for Community Broadcasters (or AMARC, in short), Basnet flew from Kathmandu to Jakarta. He spent two days in Jakarta and took a three hours train to Bandung. He has one agenda in Bandung: to attend the first national congress of the Indonesian Community Radio Network known locally as Jaringan Radio Komunitas Indonesia (JRKI).
Basnet could not hide his enthusiasm. Compared to other nations in the Asia Pacific, Indonesia was a leader in community radio because it was recognized by the law and many stations were already operating on the grassroots level. “This national congress would have a significant impact on the development of community radio,”1 he said.
Frequency for the Voiceless
Posted by: slaksmi on: November 30, 2007
The same with previous uploaded article, this article was one of the stories for my Master Project (2004). Struggle to get a fair frequency allocation is still going on until now (end of 2007). You can take some of the parts of this article, but please, mention your source.
Frequency for the Voiceless
(second story)
by Shita Laksmi
Allocating radio frequencies is like dividing a chocolate bar. You can receive a half, a quarter or just whatever is left. This all depends on what the giver wants to do.
For example, a mother might divide a chocolate bar among three daughters by giving a half to the first child who is healthy because she was born in good times; from the remaining half, she gives three-fourth to the second and only one-fourth to the third, who is very thin because she was born in hard times.
Most people would judge such a mother unfair.
A similar lack of fairness is evident in the way Indonesia allocates frequencies for radio stations. With a limited range of frequencies, from 87 to 108 mHz on the FM band, allocations for private, public and community broadcasting stations are lopsided in favor of the first two.
Radio Waves for You
Posted by: slaksmi on: November 30, 2007
This article was one of the stories for my Master Project at Ateneo de Manila University (2004). We were asked to write a story which close to our heart. This is definitely close to mine. You can take some of the parts of this article, but please, mention your source.
Radio Waves for You
(first story)
by Shita Laksmi
On the small island of Saponda in East Indonesia, where electricity is on only from 6 p.m. to midnight and where there is no newspaper and very limited access to TV and radio programs, people yearn for information. To address this need, a group of fishermen, representing the island’s 1040 residents, unanimously decided that community radio would be the way to go. That is why a group of radio volunteers got together in January 2005 to discuss how they would build a better community radio station.
Saponda Island, no wider than a tenth of Changi International Airport in Singapore, already had some basic equipment. The station had been airing for more than six months using an Mp3 player, a transmitter, a microphone and an antenna. They do not use a computer because electricity is on for only six hours or even less each day.
Love
Posted by: slaksmi on: August 24, 2007
Where have you been?
More than ten years I have been looking for you
Though I could not see you in figure
You were in my day
Your calling was my password
My code to access my computer
My key to open my email
My access point to enter my dream
Inspirasi dari Kendari
Posted by: slaksmi on: August 1, 2007
Judul diatas mungkin terasa klise, tapi saya benar-benar merasa banyak mendapat pengalaman dan pengetahuan ketika hadir di Kendari sebagai panelis seminar nasional yang berjudul Penyiaran, Masyarakat Lokal, dan Perubahan Sosial tanggal 10 Juli 2007. Seminar ini diselenggarakan kerjasama banyak pihak, diantaranya adalah Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, Universitas Halu Oleo, WWF, Lestari dan Yayasan Bahari.
Dua panelis lain adalah Imam Prakoso dari Combine Resources Institution dan Errol Jonathans dari Suara Surabaya. Pesertanya mayoritas berasal dari praktisi penyiaran –swasta maupun komunitas, mahasiswa dan beberapa orang dari lembaga negara yang terkait penyiaran seperti Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia-Daerah serta Balai Monitoring.
Penyiaran dan Perubahan Sosial
Posted by: slaksmi on: July 9, 2007
Minggu ini (2nd week of July), saya diundang oleh rekan-rekan dari Yayasan Bahari untuk ikut bicara soal penyiaran komunitas di Kendari. Saya akan bicara dengan Imam Prakoso dari Combine Resource Institution dam Errol Jonathans dari Suara Surabaya.
Attached adalah presentasi saya di sana nanti. Kalau ada input, silakan ya. Terus terang untuk menuliskan mempersiapkan ini saya musti baca-baca dokumen pas jaman kuliah di Ateneo tentang Media and Politics.
More on “Blood on Their Hands”
Posted by: slaksmi on: July 4, 2007
I found an interesting article on ACFJ (Ateneo Centre for Journalism) regarding “our” book.
You could read more information through: http://acfj.ateneo.edu/news/0607_book_blood.htm
Media Pluralism in Asia
Posted by: slaksmi on: June 15, 2007
I am one of the writers on this book. It was around two years ago when I was still carrying Qiya in my belly. Together with Ignatius Haryanto, we made a research on media alternative in Indonesia, the trend of alternative media amid the mainstream media; the policies of media issues, such as press and law broadcasting law. We have box-sections on two media alternative projecst in Indonesia and I wrote about community radio in Yogyakarta; Balai Budaya Minomartani. I remember the discussion I had with them was so inspiring.
The book is a result of a research project covering eight countries in South and South East Asia examining the role and impact of alternative media. For further information (you probably want to buy, please check: http://www.amic.org.sg/publication/files/mediapluralism.htm)
Home
Posted by: slaksmi on: May 13, 2007
“Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home
Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home” (michael buble)
I have been out of country for almost a week. And this is my second out of country trip in this month.
I don’t know what I should feel. Happy or sad. Thankful or ungrateful.
But I miss home; along with all elements inside it.
I certainly learned a lot in this trip and other trips I had. Languange, culture, food, the way this country governed, public transportation and certainly the mall.
But at the end, I miss home.
“Blood on Their Hands”
Posted by: slaksmi on: May 6, 2007
This is our book. “Our” here means the fellows of Konrad Adenauer Centre for Journalism. I am one of the fellow and my master project on community radio in Indonesia is included in the book.
This book launched in Diamond Hotel, Manila, May 3 2007.
And this is us, seven out of eight writers. The one without books is Chay Hofilena, our dearest teacher at Ateneo.
From left to right, Jofelle, Dev, Nini, Chay, Arlene, Karen, Me and Diosa.
pictures: Jimmy, ACFJ
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